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| LASTWOODSMAN | Easy Built PD-05 Waco "N" | Parked | 01-Feb-17 21:12 |  | | Views : 3561 | | The color scheme of my "PURPLE WACO", was Violet (upper wings, upper stabilser, and fin/rudder), Cream - a pale tint of Yellow (underside of wings, stab, and fuse), and Lilac - a pale tint of violet (fuselage). The nose cowl and spinner were sprayed gloss "grape". |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Easy Built PD-05 Waco "N" | Parked | 01-Feb-17 20:54 |  | | Views : 3381 | | The "N" series was produced in 1937 - 1938, and was powered by a Jacobs L-6 air-cooled, 9 cylinder, radial engine, 300 hp, 161 mph. They were reliable, rugged planes. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Easy Built PD-05 Waco "N" | Parked | 01-Feb-17 20:47 |  | | Views : 3282 | | WACO stands for Weaver Aircraft Company (1919 to 1947), W.A.Co. (WACO - Wah - co , the first syllable pronounced as in wa-ter), one of the founders of the company was barnstorming pilot George E. Weaver. WACO made these closed-in cabin biplanes after 1930 and over the lifetime of the comopany, made over 80 different models, then ceasing production in 1947. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Easy Built PD-05 Waco "N" | Parked | 01-Feb-17 20:32 |  | | Views : 3245 | | This is the "N" series Cabin Plane, with a fixed tricycle landing gear of "nosewheel" type. This "Golden Age" "sequiplane" is a common variation of a biplane, where the lower wing has not more than 1/2 the surface of the top wing - also called one and one-half wings ( 1 1/2 wings). |
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