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Waco Aircraft Company

February 05, 2023

The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes.

Waco Aircraft Company
FormerlyWeaver Aircraft Company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1920 (1920)
Defunct1947 (1947)
Headquarters
Troy, Ohio
,
United States
Waco GXE (Model 10) of 1928 with Curtiss OX-5 engine
1929 model Advance Aircraft Company/Waco ATO 'Taperwing' of Vintage Wings of Canada.
Waco UPF-7, built in 1941, arriving at the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, England

The company initially started under the name Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio but changed its name to the Waco Aircraft Company in 1928/29.

Company name

WACO (referring to the aircraft) is usually pronounced "wah-co"[1] (the first syllable pronounced as in "water"), not "way-co" like Waco, Texas, whose name is entirely unrelated.

Several companies operated under the Waco name, with the first company being the Weaver Aircraft Company, a firm founded by George E. Weaver, Clayton Bruckner, and Elwood Junkin in 1920 in Lorain and Medina, Ohio after they had already been collaborating for several years. In the spring of 1923 this became the Advance Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio, after the departure of Weaver.

In 1929, it was changed from Advance Aircraft Company to Waco Aircraft Company.[2] The firm is often confused with Western Aviation Company, the name of four unrelated aircraft enterprises in Chicago, Illinois; San Antonio, Texas; and Burbank, California.

History

Origins and early success

Waco's history started in 1919 when businessmen Clayton J. "Clayt" Brukner and Elwood "Sam" Junkin met barnstorming pilots Charles "Charley" William Meyers and George "Buck" Weaver. Although their initial floatplane design was a failure, they went on to found the Waco company in 1920 and established themselves as producers of reliable, rugged planes that were popular with travelling businessmen, postal services and explorers, especially after the company began producing closed-cabin biplane models after 1930 in addition to the open cockpit biplanes.[3]

The Waco name was extremely well represented in the U.S. civil aircraft registry between the wars, with more Wacos registered than the aircraft of any other company. Production types including open cockpit biplanes, cabin biplanes and cabin sesquiplanes (known by Waco as Custom Cabins) as well as numerous experimental types.[citation needed]

World War II

During World War II, Waco produced large numbers of military gliders for the RAF and US Army Air Forces for airborne operations, especially during the Normandy Invasion and Operation Market Garden. The Waco CG-4 was the most numerous of their glider designs to be produced. At the same time Waco produced over 600 of its UPF-7 open biplanes and 21 VKS-7F cabin biplanes for the Civilian Pilot Training Program, which supplemented the output of the military training establishments. 42 privately owned models of sixteen types were impressed into service as light transports and utility aircraft with the USAAF under the common designation C-72/UC-72.

End of normal operations

Waco ceased operations in 1947,[4] having suffered the fate of a number of general aviation companies when an anticipated boom in aviation following World War II failed to develop.[5] The final Waco relied on an experimental Franklin engine which, with the cancellation of other contracts became so expensive, the Aristocraft, which relied on it, was cancelled.[6]

Revivals

Modern European WACOs

The Waco brand name was briefly revived, in the 1960s and early 1970s—for a scheme to produce, assemble, re-assemble or market a series of modern, all-metal Italian and French lightplanes (semi-monocoque, enclosed-cabin, low-wing, single-engine) under licence in the United States. The program was headed by a "Mr. Berger," and the enterprise was known (in 1968) as Waco Aircraft Co., a subsidiary of Allied Aero Industries, Inc., and based at Pottstown-Limerick Airport, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, with dealers in Connecticut, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, California, and Ontario, Canada.[7] The European WACOs—in some cases replacing the original Lycoming engines with less-popular Franklin engines (Mr. Berger was involved with Franklin) -- were to be manufactured (or at least assembled or re-assembled) in the U.S. by WACO Aircraft Company at Syracuse, New York. Only several dozen (perhaps 65-150) of these European-origin aircraft were sold as WACOs before the death of Mr. Berger put an end to the program. These planes included:[8][9][10][11][12][13]

  • WACO Sirrus – a relabeled Italian SIAI Marchetti S.205 comparable to the Piper PA-28 Cherokee line, a four-seat touring airplane offered with fixed or retractable gear, and Franklin or Lycoming engines ranging from 180 to 220 horsepower.[8][9][11]
  • WACO Vela – the Italian SIAI Marchetti S.208, an enhanced, five-seat version of the Sirrus / S.205, with 260 horsepower, retractable landing gear, and flush-riveted, laminar-flow wings—arguably in the same class as the Beech Bonanza line. It came with an autopilot as standard equipment—unusual for aircraft of its class, at that time—and the first fault-annunciator panel in a general aviation airplane.[8][9][7][10][11]
  • WACO Meteor – a relabeled Italian SIAI Marchetti F.250 / SF.260 fast, acrobatic, three-seat sport / trainer / touring plane, later offered, by others, in manufactured metal versions, metal and wood kitplanes, and as a plans-built wooden aircraft (as for instance, the SF.260, and Sequoia). Marketed in the United States under the name Waco TS-250-3 Meteor, only four were shipped to the U.S.[8][14][10][13]
  • WACO Minerva – relabeled French Morane-Saulnier Minerva or Rallye, a four-seat STOL aircraft designed for use in and out of very small, unimproved landing strips, later produced by French SOCATA as the SOCATA Rallye. (Reportedy, only 3 WACO Minervas were delivered.)[10][12][13]

Modern production

The WACO Classic Aircraft company (unrelated to the original Waco) began building its WACO Classic YMF in 1986, an upgraded version based on Waco's original type certified design.[15]

Surviving aircraft

A large number of survivors exist, with the largest single collection residing at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field, Creve Coeur, near St Louis, Missouri.[16]

Models

Engine designations (1930–1942)[17]
Letter Engine
A Jacobs L-6MB
B Wright R-540
C Wright R-760
D Wright R-760-E1
E Wright R-760-E2
H Lycoming R-680-E3
I Kinner B-5
J Wright R-975-E1
K Kinner K-5
M Menasco C-4
O Kinner C-5
P Jacobs LA-1
Q Continental A-70
R Warner Scarab
S Pratt & Whitney R-985
U Continental R-670, W-670-K, W-670-6
V Continental W-670-M
W Wright R-975-E3
Y Jacobs L-4MB
Z Jacobs L-5MB

Note: Waco civilian designations describe the configuration of the aircraft. The first letter lists the engine used, the second the specific type, and the third the general series. The coding system was changed in 1929 with several letters reassigned, and later with the introduction of the Custom Cabin series, the third letter 'C' was initially replaced with C-S (Cabin-Standard) and finally S.[18] The numeral suffix represents the first year of production if it is 6 or higher (6=1936), or a sub type if 2 or less. Thus EGC-7 is a Wright R-760-E2 (350 hp (261 kW)) engined, cabin biplane airframe, custom cabin model first manufactured in 1937.[17]

Many Waco Cabin Biplanes that were originally sold as civilian aircraft, were impressed into military service in World War II. The United States Army Air Forces classified theirs regardless of type as Waco C-72s, with type letters identifying specific models. Other countries used other designations for their own Wacos.

Open cockpit biplanes and monoplanes

Waco Cootie
Single seat biplane/parasol monoplane, 1 produced, then re-built
Waco models 4 through 7
Used many Curtiss JN-4 parts with new interchangeable wing panels and powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Curtiss OX-5.
Waco 8
First Waco cabin biplane, powered by 200 hp (149 kW) Liberty - 1 built
Waco 9
First mass-production model, steel-tube framing, powered by OX-5, equipped for EDO floats. Many re-engined. 270 built.
 
Waco 10 giving joy rides, c.1930
Waco 10
Most produced model of any Waco aircraft, 1,623 built between 1927 and 1933. Refinement of Waco 9 with 90 hp (67 kW) Curtiss OX-5 V8 engine. Redesignated GXE by Waco in 1928.
 
Preserved 1929-built JYM mailplane of Northwest Airways
Waco Mailplanes
  • Waco JWM: Straightwing mailplane with 330 hp (246 kW) Wright R-975 engine. Derivative of ASO with 14" fuselage stretch. 2 built.
  • Waco JYM: Taperwing mailplane with 300 hp (224 kW) Wright J-6-9 radial engine. Derivative of ATO with 14" fuselage stretch. 4 built for Northwest Airways
 
Waco PBA side-by-side biplane of 1932
Waco A series

Waco D series

Waco CHD
Multipurpose military biplane with 250 hp (190 kW) Wright J-6-7 Whirlwind radial engine.
Waco JHD
Multipurpose military biplane with 365 hp (272 kW) Wright J-6-9 Whirlwind radial engine. 6 exported to Uruguay.
Waco S2HD
Multipurpose military export biplane with 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior SB radial engine. 1 exported to Cuba
Waco S3HD
Multipurpose military biplane with 400 hp (300 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior TB. 1 built.
Waco S3HD-A
Armed variant of S3HD but otherwise similar, 4 exported to Cuba.
Waco WHD
Multipurpose military biplane with 420 hp (310 kW) Wright J-6-9 Whirlwind engine. 5 built, including 4 exported to Nicaragua.
Waco CMD
Multipurpose military biplane with 250 hp (190 kW) Wright J-6-7 Whirlwind. None built.

Waco F series

 
Waco UBF of 1932 flown by Texaco in the early 1930s
  • Waco PCF: 170 hp (127 kW) Jacobs LA-1 radial engine. 3 built.
  • Waco QCF: 165 hp (123 kW) Continental A-70 radial engine. 31 built.
  • Waco UCF: 210 hp (157 kW)p Continental R-670 radial engine. None built, became UBF.
 
A new 2006 model WACO Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C at Sun 'n Fun 2006
 
Waco QNF-2
 
Waco RNF
 
Waco YPF at Sun 'n Fun 2006

Waco CRG

  • 240 hp (179 kW) Wright R-760 radial engine, later a different Wright R-760.
Waco RPT-1
Low wing open cockpit monoplane trainer prototype, similar in concept to Fairchild PT-19. 1 built.

Waco Standard Cabin Biplanes

 
Waco UIC standard cabin biplane
 
Waco YKS-6 cabin tourer of 1936
  • Waco ZKC, Waco ZKC-S & Waco ZKS: with 285 hp (213 kW) Jacobs L-5 engine. 60 YKC built, 22 YKC-S built, 65 YKS-6 built; Several ZKS-7 built, one converted to HKS-7 (300 HP Lycoming R-680-13 in 1947[19]).

Waco Custom Cabin Biplanes (sesquiplanes)

 
Waco CUC of 1935 showing the extended cabin and windows of the later C series models. Anoka-Blaine airport near Minneapolis, June 2006.
 
Waco EQC-6 Custom at the Calgary Aerospace Museum in 1996 showing the longer cabin glazing of late C series aircraft

Waco S series (1935-1940)

  • Standard cabin designs in production were redesignated with an S type letter to distinguish them from the new Custom Cabin series.

Waco N series (1937–1938)

Waco E series (1939–1940)

 
Waco ARE on display

Gliders

 
Waco CG-4A troop glider

Transports

References

  1. ^ Kobernuss, P.4
  2. ^ "Advance Concern Now Named Waco". Aviation. Vol. 26, no. 24. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 15 June 1929. p. 2077. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "ABOUT," WACO Aircraft Corp. website, retrieved February 5, 2017
  4. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/other_aircraft/Waco_W/ O'Neill Sport Aviation March/April 1964
  5. ^ Guillemette, Roger. . U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Archived from the original on 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
  6. ^ O'Neill http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/other_aircraft/Waco_W/
  7. ^ a b WACO ad, "Made for you who demand a unique airplane of superb quality," July 1968, Flying Magazine, retrieved February 5, 2017
  8. ^ a b c d "Short history of the project," SIAI Marchetti S205 - S208 Pilots & Owners Association website, retrieved February 5, 2017
  9. ^ a b c van der Veen, Hendrik (Netherlands), "SIAI Marchetti S.205 - S.208 Aircraft," updated February 23, 2015, enthusiasts' site, retrieved February 5, 2017
  10. ^ a b c d Hellman, Judy, "WACO VELA," (pilot report and review), September 1968, Flying Magazine, pp.58 et.seq., retrieved February 5, 2017
  11. ^ a b c "SIAI-MARCHETTI S.205 (WACO 5.220)-S.2018," November 30, 1999, Plane & Pilot Magazine, retrieved February 5, 2017
  12. ^ a b "SOCATA 'RALLYE'-WACO 'MINERVA'," November 30, 1999, Plane & Pilot Magazine, retrieved February 5, 2017
  13. ^ a b c Davisson, Budd, "WACO METEOR/S.F. 260: And still Champeen," (Marchetti S.F.260 Pilot Report) September, 1977, Air Progress Magazine, retrieved February 5, 2017 from author's personal website, Airbum.com
  14. ^ van der Veen, Hendrik (Netherlands), "SF_260 information from the Netherlands,", updated December 31, 2007, enthusiasts' site, retrieved February 5, 2017
  15. ^ http://www.wacoclassic.com/about.html Waco Classic Aircraft Co. About page
  16. ^ Donner, Brad http://www.fairchild24.com/museum.htm Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum - List of Aircraft
  17. ^ a b Johnsson, Lennart; Brandly, Ray; Wilhelm, Jack. "That Waco Coding System". Aerofiles. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  18. ^ http://aerofiles.com/wacodata.html Aerofiles 'That Waco Coding System'
  19. ^ "Aircraft Data N50662, 1939 Waco Formerly ZKS-7 now HKS-7 C/N 5221".

Bibliography

Books

  • Juptner, Joseph P. (1962). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 1. Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc. LCCN 62-15967.
  • Balmer, Joseph; Davis, Ken (1996). Mrs. WACO – The Early Days of the WACO Aircraft Company as told by one who lived it! Hattie Meyers Weaver Junkin. unk.: Little Otter Productions. ISBN 978-1888282047.
  • Balmer, Joseph; Davis, Ken (1992). There Goes a WACO. unk.: Little Otter Productions. ISBN 978-0925436085.
  • Brandley, Raymond H. (1979). Ask Any Pilot - The authentic history of Waco airplanes and the biographies of the founders, Clayton J. Brukner and Elwood J. "Sam" Junkin. R. H. Brandly. ISBN 978-0960273409.
  • Brandly, Raymond H. (1986). Waco Aircraft Production 1923-1942 (2nd ed.). Troy, Ohio: Waco Aircraft Co. ISBN 978-0-9602734-5-4.
  • Brandley, Raymond H. (1981). Waco Airplanes - The Versatile Cabin Series. R.H. Brandly. ISBN 0-9602734-2-5.
  • Juptner, Joseph (1977). U.S. Civil Aircraft. Vol. 7. Aero Publishers, Inc. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-0816891740.
  • Kobernuss, Fred O. (1992). Waco – Symbol of Courage and Excellence, Volume 1. Terre Haute, IN: Sunshine House, Inc. ISBN 0-943691-07-9.
  • Kobernuss, Fred O. (1999). Waco – Symbol of Courage and Excellence, Volume 2. Destin, FL: Mystic Bay Publishers. ISBN 1-887961-01-1.
  • Simpson, Rod; Trask, Charles (2000). Waco – Images of Aviation. Tempus Pub Ltd. ISBN 978-0752417677.

Websites

  • Terry O'Neill (March–April 1964). "The Last Waco". Sport Aviation March 1964 and April 1964. Sport Aviation. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  • Various (26 April 2009). "Aerofiles Waco Page". Aerofiles. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waco Aircraft Company.
  • Waco Air Museum Troy, Ohio
  • Detailed listing of Waco models and specifications at Aerofiles
  • Waco type codes explained
  • The Spirit of Adventure: Flying the USA and Europe, low and slow in a Waco open-cockpit biplane
  • Wright State University's archive of Waco records
  • Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Waco Aircraft Company Archives
  • AeroSpace Show - (RTP-TV 2003) Video Story On Waco Biplane
  • Waco Classic
  • Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum – has a number of Waco aircraft on display
  • Spofford, B. D. (October 1929). "Manufacturing the Waco". Aero Digest. Vol. 15, no. 4. Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corporation. pp. 78–80. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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waco, aircraft, company, waco, aircraft, manufacturer, located, troy, ohio, united, states, between, 1920, 1947, company, produced, wide, range, civilian, biplanes, formerlyweaver, aircraft, companyindustryaerospacefounded1920, 1920, defunct1947, 1947, headqua. The Waco Aircraft Company WACO was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy Ohio United States Between 1920 and 1947 the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes Waco Aircraft CompanyFormerlyWeaver Aircraft CompanyIndustryAerospaceFounded1920 1920 Defunct1947 1947 HeadquartersTroy Ohio United StatesWaco GXE Model 10 of 1928 with Curtiss OX 5 engine 1929 model Advance Aircraft Company Waco ATO Taperwing of Vintage Wings of Canada Waco UPF 7 built in 1941 arriving at the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo England The company initially started under the name Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio but changed its name to the Waco Aircraft Company in 1928 29 Contents 1 Company name 2 History 2 1 Origins and early success 2 2 World War II 2 3 End of normal operations 2 4 Revivals 2 4 1 Modern European WACOs 2 4 2 Modern production 2 5 Surviving aircraft 3 Models 3 1 Open cockpit biplanes and monoplanes 3 2 Waco D series 3 3 Waco F series 3 4 Waco CRG 3 5 Waco Standard Cabin Biplanes 3 6 Waco Custom Cabin Biplanes sesquiplanes 3 7 Waco S series 1935 1940 3 8 Waco N series 1937 1938 3 9 Waco E series 1939 1940 3 10 Gliders 3 11 Transports 4 References 4 1 Bibliography 4 1 1 Books 4 1 2 Websites 5 External linksCompany name EditWACO referring to the aircraft is usually pronounced wah co 1 the first syllable pronounced as in water not way co like Waco Texas whose name is entirely unrelated Several companies operated under the Waco name with the first company being the Weaver Aircraft Company a firm founded by George E Weaver Clayton Bruckner and Elwood Junkin in 1920 in Lorain and Medina Ohio after they had already been collaborating for several years In the spring of 1923 this became the Advance Aircraft Company in Troy Ohio after the departure of Weaver In 1929 it was changed from Advance Aircraft Company to Waco Aircraft Company 2 The firm is often confused with Western Aviation Company the name of four unrelated aircraft enterprises in Chicago Illinois San Antonio Texas and Burbank California History EditOrigins and early success Edit Waco s history started in 1919 when businessmen Clayton J Clayt Brukner and Elwood Sam Junkin met barnstorming pilots Charles Charley William Meyers and George Buck Weaver Although their initial floatplane design was a failure they went on to found the Waco company in 1920 and established themselves as producers of reliable rugged planes that were popular with travelling businessmen postal services and explorers especially after the company began producing closed cabin biplane models after 1930 in addition to the open cockpit biplanes 3 The Waco name was extremely well represented in the U S civil aircraft registry between the wars with more Wacos registered than the aircraft of any other company Production types including open cockpit biplanes cabin biplanes and cabin sesquiplanes known by Waco as Custom Cabins as well as numerous experimental types citation needed World War II Edit During World War II Waco produced large numbers of military gliders for the RAF and US Army Air Forces for airborne operations especially during the Normandy Invasion and Operation Market Garden The Waco CG 4 was the most numerous of their glider designs to be produced At the same time Waco produced over 600 of its UPF 7 open biplanes and 21 VKS 7F cabin biplanes for the Civilian Pilot Training Program which supplemented the output of the military training establishments 42 privately owned models of sixteen types were impressed into service as light transports and utility aircraft with the USAAF under the common designation C 72 UC 72 End of normal operations Edit Waco ceased operations in 1947 4 having suffered the fate of a number of general aviation companies when an anticipated boom in aviation following World War II failed to develop 5 The final Waco relied on an experimental Franklin engine which with the cancellation of other contracts became so expensive the Aristocraft which relied on it was cancelled 6 Revivals Edit Modern European WACOs Edit The Waco brand name was briefly revived in the 1960s and early 1970s for a scheme to produce assemble re assemble or market a series of modern all metal Italian and French lightplanes semi monocoque enclosed cabin low wing single engine under licence in the United States The program was headed by a Mr Berger and the enterprise was known in 1968 as Waco Aircraft Co a subsidiary of Allied Aero Industries Inc and based at Pottstown Limerick Airport Pottstown Pennsylvania with dealers in Connecticut Georgia Oklahoma Texas California and Ontario Canada 7 The European WACOs in some cases replacing the original Lycoming engines with less popular Franklin engines Mr Berger was involved with Franklin were to be manufactured or at least assembled or re assembled in the U S by WACO Aircraft Company at Syracuse New York Only several dozen perhaps 65 150 of these European origin aircraft were sold as WACOs before the death of Mr Berger put an end to the program These planes included 8 9 10 11 12 13 WACO Sirrus a relabeled Italian SIAI Marchetti S 205 comparable to the Piper PA 28 Cherokee line a four seat touring airplane offered with fixed or retractable gear and Franklin or Lycoming engines ranging from 180 to 220 horsepower 8 9 11 WACO Vela the Italian SIAI Marchetti S 208 an enhanced five seat version of the Sirrus S 205 with 260 horsepower retractable landing gear and flush riveted laminar flow wings arguably in the same class as the Beech Bonanza line It came with an autopilot as standard equipment unusual for aircraft of its class at that time and the first fault annunciator panel in a general aviation airplane 8 9 7 10 11 WACO Meteor a relabeled Italian SIAI Marchetti F 250 SF 260 fast acrobatic three seat sport trainer touring plane later offered by others in manufactured metal versions metal and wood kitplanes and as a plans built wooden aircraft as for instance the SF 260 and Sequoia Marketed in the United States under the name Waco TS 250 3 Meteor only four were shipped to the U S 8 14 10 13 WACO Minerva relabeled French Morane Saulnier Minerva or Rallye a four seat STOL aircraft designed for use in and out of very small unimproved landing strips later produced by French SOCATA as the SOCATA Rallye Reportedy only 3 WACO Minervas were delivered 10 12 13 Modern production Edit The WACO Classic Aircraft company unrelated to the original Waco began building its WACO Classic YMF in 1986 an upgraded version based on Waco s original type certified design 15 Surviving aircraft Edit A large number of survivors exist with the largest single collection residing at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field Creve Coeur near St Louis Missouri 16 Models EditEngine designations 1930 1942 17 Letter EngineA Jacobs L 6MBB Wright R 540C Wright R 760D Wright R 760 E1E Wright R 760 E2H Lycoming R 680 E3I Kinner B 5J Wright R 975 E1K Kinner K 5M Menasco C 4O Kinner C 5P Jacobs LA 1Q Continental A 70R Warner ScarabS Pratt amp Whitney R 985U Continental R 670 W 670 K W 670 6V Continental W 670 MW Wright R 975 E3Y Jacobs L 4MBZ Jacobs L 5MBNote Waco civilian designations describe the configuration of the aircraft The first letter lists the engine used the second the specific type and the third the general series The coding system was changed in 1929 with several letters reassigned and later with the introduction of the Custom Cabin series the third letter C was initially replaced with C S Cabin Standard and finally S 18 The numeral suffix represents the first year of production if it is 6 or higher 6 1936 or a sub type if 2 or less Thus EGC 7 is a Wright R 760 E2 350 hp 261 kW engined cabin biplane airframe custom cabin model first manufactured in 1937 17 Many Waco Cabin Biplanes that were originally sold as civilian aircraft were impressed into military service in World War II The United States Army Air Forces classified theirs regardless of type as Waco C 72s with type letters identifying specific models Other countries used other designations for their own Wacos Open cockpit biplanes and monoplanes Edit Waco Cootie Single seat biplane parasol monoplane 1 produced then re built Waco models 4 through 7 Used many Curtiss JN 4 parts with new interchangeable wing panels and powered by a 90 hp 67 kW Curtiss OX 5 Waco 8 First Waco cabin biplane powered by 200 hp 149 kW Liberty 1 built Waco 9 First mass production model steel tube framing powered by OX 5 equipped for EDO floats Many re engined 270 built Miss Pittsburgh Waco 10 giving joy rides c 1930 Waco 10 Most produced model of any Waco aircraft 1 623 built between 1927 and 1933 Refinement of Waco 9 with 90 hp 67 kW Curtiss OX 5 V8 engine Redesignated GXE by Waco in 1928 Waco 240 1 conversion of Waco 10 with 240 hp 179 kW Continental W 670 radial engine Waco ASO Waco 10 variant with 220 hp 164 kW Wright J 5 radial engine known as J 5 Straightwing Waco Sport and Whirlwind Waco 95 built Waco BSO Variant of ASO 165 hp 123 kW Wright J 6 5 radial engine 45 built Waco CSO Variant of ASO with 225 hp 168 kW Wright J 6 7 radial engine 59 built Waco DSO Variant of ASO with 180 hp 134 kW Hispano Suiza A E V8 engine 62 built Waco HSO Variant of ASO with 225 hp 168 kW Packard DR 980 engine 1 built Waco ATO Taperwing variant of ASO 54 built Waco CTO Taperwing variant of CSO 35 built Waco HTO Modified from HSO 1 built Waco JTO 300 h p Wright J 6 9 1 built Waco JYO U S Navy version of JTO for evaluation 2 built Preserved 1929 built JYM mailplane of Northwest Airways Waco MailplanesWaco JWM Straightwing mailplane with 330 hp 246 kW Wright R 975 engine Derivative of ASO with 14 fuselage stretch 2 built Waco JYM Taperwing mailplane with 300 hp 224 kW Wright J 6 9 radial engine Derivative of ATO with 14 fuselage stretch 4 built for Northwest Airways Waco PBA side by side biplane of 1932 Waco A seriesWaco IBA Improved KBA side by side two seat biplane with optional canopy and 125 hp 93 kW Kinner B 5 engine 3 built Waco KBA 100 hp 75 kW Kinner K 5 radial engine 50 built Waco PBA IBA variant with 170 hp 127 kW Jacobs LA 1 radial engine 4 built Waco RBA IBA variant with 110 hp 82 kW Warner Scarab radial engine 4 built Waco UBA IBA variant with 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 radial engine 6 built Waco PLA Improved IBA known as Waco Sportsman with Jacobs LA 1 radial engine and greater range 4 built Waco ULA PLA variant with 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 radial engine 1 built Waco D series Edit Waco CHD Multipurpose military biplane with 250 hp 190 kW Wright J 6 7 Whirlwind radial engine Waco JHD Multipurpose military biplane with 365 hp 272 kW Wright J 6 9 Whirlwind radial engine 6 exported to Uruguay Waco S2HD Multipurpose military export biplane with 450 hp 340 kW Pratt amp Whitney Wasp Junior SB radial engine 1 exported to Cuba Waco S3HD Multipurpose military biplane with 400 hp 300 kW Pratt amp Whitney Wasp Junior TB 1 built Waco S3HD A Armed variant of S3HD but otherwise similar 4 exported to Cuba Waco WHD Multipurpose military biplane with 420 hp 310 kW Wright J 6 9 Whirlwind engine 5 built including 4 exported to Nicaragua Waco CMD Multipurpose military biplane with 250 hp 190 kW Wright J 6 7 Whirlwind None built Waco F series Edit Waco UBF of 1932 flown by Texaco in the early 1930s Waco OBF 210 hp 157 kW Kinner C 5 engine Unknown if built Waco PBF 170 hp 127 kW Jacobs LA 1 engine 4 built Waco TBF 160 hp 119 kW Kinner R 5 engine None built Waco UBF amp Waco UBF 2 210 hp 157 kW p Continental R 670 engine Around 11 built two built for US Navy late in the USS Macon airship program as XJW 1 trainers with skyhooks for launch and recovery from the airship citation needed Waco PCF 170 hp 127 kW Jacobs LA 1 radial engine 3 built Waco QCF 165 hp 123 kW Continental A 70 radial engine 31 built Waco UCF 210 hp 157 kW p Continental R 670 radial engine None built became UBF A new 2006 model WACO Classic Aircraft YMF F5C at Sun n Fun 2006 Waco UMF 3 amp Waco UMF 5 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 radial engine 18 built Waco YMF 3 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 radial engine 18 built 3 amp 5 Waco YMF 5 245 hp 183 kW Jacobs L 4 radial engine Basis for YMF 5 Super currently in production Waco QNF 2 Waco INF 125 hp 93 kW Kinner B 5 radial engine 50 built Waco KNF 100 hp 75 kW Kinner K 5 radial engine 20 built Waco MNF 125 hp 93 kW Menasco C 4 Pirate inline engine 4 built Waco QNF 165 hp 123 kW Continental A 70 radial engine 1 built Waco RNF Waco RNF 110 hp 82 kW Warner Scarab radial engine 177 built Waco CPF amp Waco CPF 6 250 hp 186 kW Wright R 760 radial engine 41 built redesignated DPF Waco DPF 6 amp Waco DPF 7 285 hp 213 kW Wright R 760 radial engine Was CPF Waco EPF 6 320 hp 239 kW Wright R 760 radial engine 1 built Waco LPF 6 300 hp 224 kW Lycoming R 680 radial engine Possibly not built Waco UPF 6 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 radial engine Prototype for UPF 7 Waco UPF 7 Second most produced variant over 600 built Continental W 670 220 hp 164 kW engine Widely used in the Civilian Pilot Training Program 14 became YPT 14 trainers but not adopted by USAAF for operational use Waco VPF 6 amp Waco VPF 7 240 hp 179 kW Continental W 670 radial engine 6 built Waco YPF at Sun n Fun 2006 Waco YPF 6 amp Waco YPF 7 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 radial engine 8 built Waco ZPF 6 amp Waco ZPF 7 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 radial engine 5 built Waco CRG Edit 240 hp 179 kW Wright R 760 radial engine later a different Wright R 760 Waco RPT 1 Low wing open cockpit monoplane trainer prototype similar in concept to Fairchild PT 19 1 built Waco Standard Cabin Biplanes Edit Waco UIC standard cabin biplane Waco UIC Waco BDC with 165 hp 123 kW Wright R 540 engine None built Waco ODC with 210 hp 157 kW Kinner C 5 engine modified to QDC Waco PDC with 170 hp 127 kW Jacobs LA 1 engine 2 built on special order Waco QDC with 165 hp 123 kW Continental A 70 engine 37 built Waco UDC with 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 engine None built Waco OEC with 210 hp 157 kW Kinner C 5 engine 3 built Waco UEC with 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 engine 40 built Waco BEC with 165 hp 123 kW Wright R 540 engine 1 built converted from OEC or UEC Waco UIC with 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 engine 83 built Waco CJC amp Waco CJC S with 250 hp 186 kW Wright R 760 engine 41 CJC amp DJC built Waco DJC Waco DJC S amp Waco DJS with 285 hp 213 kW Wright R 760 engine Waco UKC Waco UKC S amp Waco UKS 6 with 210 hp 157 kW p Continental R 670 40 built Waco VKS 7 with 225 hp 168 kW Continental R 670 B engine 18 built Waco VKS 7F VKS 7 for CPTP with flaps 21 built Waco YKC Waco YKC S amp Waco YKS 6 with 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 Waco YKS 6 cabin tourer of 1936 Waco ZKC Waco ZKC S amp Waco ZKS with 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 engine 60 YKC built 22 YKC S built 65 YKS 6 built Several ZKS 7 built one converted to HKS 7 300 HP Lycoming R 680 13 in 1947 19 Waco Custom Cabin Biplanes sesquiplanes Edit Waco UOC 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 A or 225 hp 168 kW Continental R 670 B engine 4 built YOC 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 engine 50 YOC amp YOC 1 built YOC 1 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 engine Waco CUC of 1935 showing the extended cabin and windows of the later C series models Anoka Blaine airport near Minneapolis June 2006 Waco CUC 250 hp 186 kW Wright R 760 E engine 30 built of all CUC types Waco CUC 1 285 hp 213 kW Wright R 760 E1 engine Waco CUC 2 320 hp 239 kW Wright R 760 engine Waco AQC 6 300 hp 224 kW Jacobs L 5 engine 7 built Waco CQC 6 250 hp 186 kW Wright R 760 engine None built Waco DQC 6 285 hp 213 kW Wright R 760 engine 11 built Waco EQC 6 Custom at the Calgary Aerospace Museum in 1996 showing the longer cabin glazing of late C series aircraft Waco EQC 6 320 hp 239 kW Wright R 760 engine 20 built USCG used 3 as J2W 1 Waco SQC 6 300 hp 224 kW Pratt amp Whitney Wasp Jr engine None built Waco UQC 6 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 or 225 hp 168 kW W 670 K or 220 hp 164 kW W 670 6 Probably none built Waco VQC 6 250 hp 186 kW Continental W 670 engine Waco YQC 6 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 engine 13 built 1 ex RAAF example re engined with 200 hp 149 kW DeHavilland Gypsy 6 inline engine Waco ZQC 6 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 engine 68 built Waco AGC 8 300 hp 224 kW Jacobs L 6 engine 17 built 2 modified to EGC 8 Waco DGC 7 285 hp 213 kW Wright R 760 engine 2 built Waco EGC 7 Waco EGC 8 320 hp 239 kW Wright R 760 engine 38 built 3 used by US Navy amp Coast Guard as J2W Waco MGC 8 Menasco Pirate inline engine Unknown number built Waco UGC 7 210 hp 157 kW Continental R 670 engine None built Waco VGC 7 240 hp 179 kW Continental W 670 engine None built Waco YGC 7 Waco YGC 8 225 hp 168 kW Jacobs L 4 engine Possibly none built Waco ZGC 7 Waco ZGC 8 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 engine 28 built Waco S series 1935 1940 Edit Standard cabin designs in production were redesignated with an S type letter to distinguish them from the new Custom Cabin series Waco N series 1937 1938 Edit Waco AVN 8 Nosewheel Type with 300 hp 224 kW Jacobs L 6 engine 15 built Waco ZVN 7 amp Waco ZVN 8 Nosewheel Type with 285 hp 213 kW Jacobs L 5 engine 6 built Waco E series 1939 1940 Edit Waco ARE on display Waco ARE Aristocrat 300 hp 224 kW Jacobs L 6 engine 4 built Waco HRE Aristocrat 285 hp 213 kW Lycoming R 680 engine 5 built Waco SRE Aristocrat 450 hp 336 kW Pratt amp Whitney R 985 engine 21 built Waco WRE Aristocrat 420 hp 313 kW Wright R 975 engine None built Gliders Edit Waco CG 4A troop glider WACO Primary Glider single place trainer Waco CG 3 troop glider intended for training CG 4 pilots Waco CG 4 also known as the Hadrian troop glider Waco CG 13 troop glider Waco CG 15 troop gliderTransports Edit Northwestern XPG 1 Powered version of CG 4 Glider 2x Franklin 6AC 298 N3 Ridgefield XPG 2 Powered version of CG 4 Glider 2x Ranger L 440 1 Waco YC 62 All wood twin engine Transport not built Waco C 72 Waco Aristocraft Monoplane pusher cabin transport with engine in nose Last Waco design to be built 1 Prototype only References Edit Kobernuss P 4 Advance Concern Now Named Waco Aviation Vol 26 no 24 McGraw Hill Publishing Company 15 June 1929 p 2077 Retrieved 30 June 2021 ABOUT WACO Aircraft Corp website retrieved February 5 2017 http www angelfire com ks2 janowski other aircraft Waco W O Neill Sport Aviation March April 1964 Guillemette Roger WACO Aircraft Corporation U S Centennial of Flight Commission Archived from the original on 2006 10 06 Retrieved 2006 10 10 O Neill http www angelfire com ks2 janowski other aircraft Waco W a b WACO ad Made for you who demand a unique airplane of superb quality July 1968 Flying Magazine retrieved February 5 2017 a b c d Short history of the project SIAI Marchetti S205 S208 Pilots amp Owners Association website retrieved February 5 2017 a b c van der Veen Hendrik Netherlands SIAI Marchetti S 205 S 208 Aircraft updated February 23 2015 enthusiasts site retrieved February 5 2017 a b c d Hellman Judy WACO VELA pilot report and review September 1968 Flying Magazine pp 58 et seq retrieved February 5 2017 a b c SIAI MARCHETTI S 205 WACO 5 220 S 2018 November 30 1999 Plane amp Pilot Magazine retrieved February 5 2017 a b SOCATA RALLYE WACO MINERVA November 30 1999 Plane amp Pilot Magazine retrieved February 5 2017 a b c Davisson Budd WACO METEOR S F 260 And still Champeen Marchetti S F 260 Pilot Report September 1977 Air Progress Magazine retrieved February 5 2017 from author s personal website Airbum com van der Veen Hendrik Netherlands SF 260 information from the Netherlands updated December 31 2007 enthusiasts site retrieved February 5 2017 http www wacoclassic com about html Waco Classic Aircraft Co About page Donner Brad http www fairchild24 com museum htm Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum List of Aircraft a b Johnsson Lennart Brandly Ray Wilhelm Jack That Waco Coding System Aerofiles Retrieved 2 July 2021 http aerofiles com wacodata html Aerofiles That Waco Coding System Aircraft Data N50662 1939 Waco Formerly ZKS 7 now HKS 7 C N 5221 Bibliography Edit Books Edit Juptner Joseph P 1962 U S Civil Aircraft Vol 1 Los Angeles CA Aero Publishers Inc LCCN 62 15967 Balmer Joseph Davis Ken 1996 Mrs WACO The Early Days of the WACO Aircraft Company as told by one who lived it Hattie Meyers Weaver Junkin unk Little Otter Productions ISBN 978 1888282047 Balmer Joseph Davis Ken 1992 There Goes a WACO unk Little Otter Productions ISBN 978 0925436085 Brandley Raymond H 1979 Ask Any Pilot The authentic history of Waco airplanes and the biographies of the founders Clayton J Brukner and Elwood J Sam Junkin R H Brandly ISBN 978 0960273409 Brandly Raymond H 1986 Waco Aircraft Production 1923 1942 2nd ed Troy Ohio Waco Aircraft Co ISBN 978 0 9602734 5 4 Brandley Raymond H 1981 Waco Airplanes The Versatile Cabin Series R H Brandly ISBN 0 9602734 2 5 Juptner Joseph 1977 U S Civil Aircraft Vol 7 Aero Publishers Inc pp 97 100 ISBN 978 0816891740 Kobernuss Fred O 1992 Waco Symbol of Courage and Excellence Volume 1 Terre Haute IN Sunshine House Inc ISBN 0 943691 07 9 Kobernuss Fred O 1999 Waco Symbol of Courage and Excellence Volume 2 Destin FL Mystic Bay Publishers ISBN 1 887961 01 1 Simpson Rod Trask Charles 2000 Waco Images of Aviation Tempus Pub Ltd ISBN 978 0752417677 Websites Edit Terry O Neill March April 1964 The Last Waco Sport Aviation March 1964 and April 1964 Sport Aviation Retrieved June 7 2009 Various 26 April 2009 Aerofiles Waco Page Aerofiles Retrieved June 7 2009 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waco Aircraft Company Waco Air Museum Troy Ohio Detailed listing of Waco models and specifications at Aerofiles Waco type codes explained The Spirit of Adventure Flying the USA and Europe low and slow in a Waco open cockpit biplane Wright State University s archive of Waco records Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Waco Aircraft Company Archives AeroSpace Show RTP TV 2003 Video Story On Waco Biplane Waco Classic Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum has a number of Waco aircraft on display Spofford B D October 1929 Manufacturing the Waco Aero Digest Vol 15 no 4 Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corporation pp 78 80 Retrieved 14 June 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waco Aircraft Company amp oldid 1083153563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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