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1946 BC12-D 65 Continental engine
Roger Dodson, owner since 1981 Stock T-Craft, very original. Roger is a charter member of VCTOC, which was formed in 1987. He served in the U.S. Air force, National Guard, Wycliffe Bible Translators in New Guinea, back to the National Guard, and retired on his 60th birthday, in that order. Roger has 8,500 hours of flying time.
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1945 BC-12-D Continental C-85
Tom Pittman President of the Virginia Carolina’s Taylorcraft Owner’s Club Rt. 6 Box 189 Appomattox, VA 24522
N39270 Running and getting ready to depart Barber Airport and the Alliance T-Craft Flyin, July 1997. Tom worked for Taylorcraft when this plane was built. Tom has owned this T-craft since 1981. It has only 400 Hours on its 85 hp Continental engine. |
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1948 Cessna 170 Continental 145 HP
Ernie Bryant (Former VCTOC President) Fabric Wings and Metal Fuselage. First Year Cessna produced the170. After flying my 1946 Taylorcraft BC12-D all over the USA over a 12-year period, I decided to increase my cargo space and get a break on the "Armstrong Starter" I took with me. The Cessna 170 is not as agile, but it sure is comfortable and has a true Classic Tradition which helps it fit right in with a flotilla of Taylorcraft. Hope to fly along with the VCTOC on many new adventures.
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1946 BC 12D A 65 engine Cary Rhodes Originally built in January 1946 I purchased it in a basket in November of 1998 It had been stripped because of fabric failure. I have been restoring it since then. First "New" flight was in April of 2000. I was trying to get it ready for Sun N Fun but didn't quite make it. It flies great. I had tried to restore it to original as possible. The A 65 engine was supposedly in good shape. However, as with every airplane engine I have touched, there was more wrong than meets the eye. I wound up having a 0 since major overhaul. Fabric is AirTech process, Ceconite with AirTech chemicals and paint. Seems to have worked real well. Owner is A civil engineer in Cartersville, GA. Plane is kept at my house on a 2000 foot grass strip in Taylorsville, GA. We have a fly in annually during the summer for all tail draggers in the area. |
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1938 Taylor-Young A model Continental A-40
Dr. Edgar C. Garber, Jr. Fayetteville, NC Ed is probably the Elder Statesman of Aircraft restoration. He has many to his credit, and this A-Model is his latest.
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1946 BC-12-D Continental C-85
Mike Nicklas Moran, WY
Mike Nicklas hand propping his T-Craft in the mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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1946 BC12-D Benny Lawrence Benny’s T-craft when he was the first president of VCTOC. Benny flew this T-Craft 4 or 5 times to Oshkosh. Benny lived in High point, NC. and is now deceased. He loved VCTOC, his airplane and the people associated with aviation.
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