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With a cruising speed of 90 mph Bob
Gutteridge came with his 1957 Champion Tri Traveller from California. |
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James Hardie received an award for
"Outstanding Customized aircraft" with his black Taylorcraft BC-65, built in
1939. |
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The 2x 170 HP of this Temco twin Navion
provides nevertheless a cruising speed of 145 mph. Ken McTavish flew in from Calgary,
Canada. More information on this rare machine, built in 1955, at www.twinnavion.com |
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Interesting detail of the Taylorcraft
BC-65: the trim around the transverse axis takes place via a trim fin attached
independently of the elevator at the fuselage. |
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The first Beech 17's where built until
the end of 1932 with a fixed landing gear. The picture shows a R-model with retractable
landing gear. With its 420 HP strong WRIGHT R-975 E2 these Stagger wings ranked among the
fastest passenger aircraft of its time. |
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For 385.000 US$ this Spartan Executive
Model 12 from 1946 is for sale (conditions 10/05). This 5-Seater with 450 HP radial engine
was built only once and is in first-class condition. |
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One of only five Stinson Reliant SR-6
models that remain. Built in 1935 and restored from 1997 to1999, this beautiful airplane
of Max and Renee Davis is for sale at Oshkosh. |
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This 1940 built Spartan Executive of Ron
Tarrson from Santa Fe in New Mexico, carries serial number 28. The Spartan company was
founded by the oil millionaire W. G. Skelly and was taken over by the oil billionaire J.
Paul Getty in 1939. They built fast passenger aircraft for elevated requirements. |
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The cockpit of the Reliant SR-6A shows
the love and skill that went into the restoration. |
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The "PT" in the type name of
the Ryan PT-22 stands for "Primary Trainer". Many US combat pilots learned to
fly in this airplane. |
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After a complete restoration Tom and Mary
Dinndorf showed there beautiful Stinson Reliant SR-10 in Oshkosh. |
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The roomy and somewhat strange looking
Percival EP9 is a very versatile plane. Among other things this type was used as a
cropduster and waterbomber. |
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The 1948-1955, 283-times built, Mooney
M-18 "Mite", is a Ur-Mooney and its design of the vertical stabilizer is still
the brand characteristic of all Mooneys. With 850 pounds MTOW the "Mite" could
fly in the Ultra Light Class. |
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In Garland, Texas, this Luscombe 8A was
built in January 1946. The airplane cost 2,995 US$ at the time. Today the machine,
restored from 1982-1984, is a price winning beauty. |
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The Sorrell Hiperbipe is a fully
acrobatically suited airplane with two seats. +6 / -4 G are sufficient for an aerobatic
display. And with its unique design the Hiperbipe is an eyecatcher... |
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A Continental engine with 85 HP is
sufficient to pull this Luscombe 8E of Arnold R. Peckar with 100 mph through the air. |
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The Harlow PJC-2 was developed as an
classroom project at the Pasadena Junior College (PJC), where engineer max Harlow teached.
Harlow was in such awe of the project that he started building these airplanes from 1940
on at the Alhambra airport near Los Angeles. |
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In 1948/49 the Luscombe 11A Silvaire
Sedan could be bought for 6.995 US$. Only 92 machines were built. Today a few dozen are
still airworthy. |
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Between 1936 and 1940 the Ercoupe or
Aircoupe was built 5500 times. The last machines were delivered in1969. At that time the
tricycle landing gear was something new. One of the characteristics is the coupling of
aileron and rudder. |
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Luscombe rebuild numerous auto parts, as
the view of the cockpit shows. Originally the 11A should be sold at Ranchers and Farmers,
but business went sluggishly. |
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As a Trainer for basic flight training of
military pilots the De Havilland Chipmunk was introduced after the Second World War. Today
many Chipmunks are in private hands. |
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The Silvaire Sedan of Kent and Sandy
Blankenburg was then the luxury variant for the more up class customer. A fence keeps
people away from the very valuable airplane. |
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At the TEMCO company in Dallas this
Fairchild 24-R46 was built in 1947. Michael G. Thern from Winona/Minnesota is the seventh
owner of this beautifully restored classical airplane. |
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Bennie Howard built racing airplanes for
the Bendix Trophy and the Thompson Cup in the 30's. This 1944 built GH-3 was a liaison
aircraft for the U. S. Navy. Today only a handful of these machines exist. |
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On 22.11.1935 this Davis D-1-W left the
hangars of the Davis aircraft corporation. Only eight planes of this type were built. |
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This Beech UC-45 E is the military
variant of the well-known Beech 18. This beautiful classic was restored by former Air
Force pilot Keith Cross, a multiple Scleroses patient, who fulfilled his life dream. |
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A timeless classic is the Cessna 195 with
its radial engine and elegant cowling. In Europe a rather rare sight, in Oshkosh you can
see several dozen of them. |
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When Keith Cross was not able to work on
his machine due to his illness his friends completed the work. In May 2003 the in the
meantime very weak Keith could see the first demonstration of his beautiful machine. |
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A Grumman Widgeon and behind it a Grumman
Goose in the evening sun. |
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