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| Donny Trumpet, 03.06.2020 19:25 What engine in this plaine reply |
| baylor randle, e-mail, 12.07.2017 23:24 I own a 1943 tcraft It is that old and I am almost 89 and try to fly it twice a week No trouble with x winds, just do wheel landings then A great little 65 horse reply | | Leon Boyd, e-mail, 17.02.2017 19:32 I owned a 1946 BC-12D with Jim and Mike Swick's "Swick-T" conversion from roughly late 1984 till early 1989. The tail number was N46LB. It was powered by a 160 H.P. lycoming with inverted fuel and oil and smoke system. It was a delightful airplane, a real joy to fly. I flew competition aerobatics from 1984-1987 and then did professional air shows in 1987, 88' & 89'. Unfortunately, I don't have any video of my airshows. If anyone does, I'd sure like a copy. Also, I'd love to know if it's still flying. reply | | jimcorrigan, e-mail, 04.04.2015 14:16 had a taylorcraft1941 with reg number 36221 any word on its location apreciated. jim reply | |
| | James T. Vandervort, e-mail, 27.01.2015 22:26 I have owned 3 BL-65, BC12D, BC12d1
Gave my BC12D to my grandson.
Check him out on "VansFlyingService.com" reply | | Larry M. Swick, e-mail, 11.12.2013 03:23 My second cousin Jim Swick and son Mike altered Taylocraft for stunt planes. Still being made- Swick-T. Go to google search for Swick Aviation .a whole page on the Swick- T and their innovative changes . reply | | Ed Janssen, e-mail, 28.11.2013 23:09 Had a '39 with a 55 h.p. Lycoming. Great airplane - lots of fun flyig with the doors off most of the time. Taught myself to fly in a tail dragger with it. Learned to fly in Piper Cherokees, pretty different to land - had trouble with pitch control at first, but once mastered it became the most fun I've had flying. reply | | John Rowles, e-mail, 07.11.2013 02:12 I wonder how many people here realize that Taylorcraft made
two four place aircraft, Model 15 and Model 20. Total production of both models only about 38 aircraft with two
ownerships and Bankruptsy. It was Taylorcrafts answer to the Cessna 180. I managed to own two at the present time! reply | | Dan Bax, e-mail, 14.02.2013 18:17 In the 60's I had a DCO-65, I think the N was N-49030... wondering if anyone know's any thing about this old bird?? I"m in Colorado, and it need a climb prop at this alt... also a friend had a Culver Cadet with a 85 hp Franklin engine... we had engine failure and landed it on the Boulder Turnpike, back in the 60's... it was fun flying in those old days..... reply | | nick, e-mail, 29.02.2012 03:54 I just got my first project. A basket case 1942 L-2.
It seems it lived in Nevada, MO for most of its flyng life then 40 plus years in a barn in Kansas. I am looking forward to the adventure of restoring it. reply | | John Gates, e-mail, 28.02.2012 20:17 Shortly after I got my license in 1966, I purchased an old Taylorcraft which had a registration that showed it as a
DCO-65 (N47633). I was told that it had been a 3 place WWII glider that was converted to a two place tandem aircraft. It was amazingly economical, fun and easy to fly. Think I paid $1,100 for it and sold it later for $800 reply | | loyd haffey, e-mail, 04.10.2011 03:29 Taylorcraft,chiefs,champs, cubs, and several more are exellent aircraft. Taylor crafts 65 hp was used in the Yukon on floats wheels and skis as a charter aircraft sucessfuly reply | | loyd haffey, e-mail, 04.10.2011 03:22 I,m looking for a 1937 J2 serial # C1080. registered to Frank Armitage 1n 1937. Canadian marks CF-BED. would like to know the if there is anything left of this aircraft. Frank was in the Ferry Command in WWII and encouraged me to get my pilots licence. reply | | Don Williams, e-mail, 20.09.2011 07:31 Would like to communicate with someone with detailed knowledge of this bird. I took some lessons in one around 1948-9, and actually survived a crash which totaled the plane. I wasn't flying at the time, the mechanic at downtown Airpark in Oklahoma City suggested we "test hop" it after replacing the windshield, which had yellowed, of course.
I had been told that it was a converted glider but had no idea what it looked like as built.
During my lessons, some given by the same person who taught Wiley Post to fly, I learned that the symmetrical airfoil had a very bad glide ratio, and the prop was very high pitched, not very effective at slow speeds. The mechanic didn't know this at all.
Does this plane have a symmetrical airfoil, and how well does it glide?
This plane belonged to the airport manager, who was called back to active duty and died in Korea. reply | |
| | Jerry Schrader, e-mail, 24.08.2011 19:16 I owned a Taylorcraft L2, 1943 airframe. Great little plane for building hours in the log book. I never had much problem with crosswind but the plane floated forever if you didn't slow down on landing. I espeacially enjoyed flying in the late evening when the air was cooling. Sometimes you could trim the plane and it would fly itself. If I trimmed good enough I could put the plane in a gentle bank just by leaning one way or the other. I sold it for just what I had paid. Jerry Schrader reply | | Vince Marsh, e-mail, 01.08.2011 20:54 I have owned a 1946 taylorcraft bc-12d since 1971 i learend to fly in 1973 what a great afordable airplane 65hp continental and i live at 6500msl flies great in the colder months reply |
| randy bauer, e-mail, 15.05.2011 18:52 I have owned 3 Taylorcrafts, one a stock BC!@-D and two clip-wings. They are great planes, with the clip-wings performing way beyond their horsepower ratings. The T-crafts' only real drawback is the inability to be flown with winds exceeding 20 knots (crosswind). They also float forever on landing if you don't pay strict attention to airspeed. reply | | John Pringle, e-mail, 11.05.2011 02:25 After WWII I got my Limited Commercial licence and flew for a Toronto Island A /P outfit weekends and some evenings. In 1946 the owners bought four new Taylorcraft and put up a few older planes for sale. I bought a Taylorcraft CF BBZ with a spare engine for parts, a spare prop and floats, all for $1,300. It had a 39.4 HP Continental and cruised about 55mph. It was a great little plane but under-powered. I got a free tie-down at Buttonville,just NE of Toronto which had opened recently and is now apparently closing. The plane was finally sold to a man in Windsor. After marriage and raising a family I finally got back into the air with a single-seater Chinook and added a few more hours to my 1,200 before selling that one too. At 87 I feel ok to take to the air again but manage to quell the urge. Leaf through the log book and trips giving navigators, wireless operators and yes towing drogues for Fleet Air Arm and Bombadiers learning to use the highly secret USA bomb-aiming equipment. I was flying twin-engine MK V Avro Ansons mostly in those days. I still have the engine and prop for old CF-BBZ but never claimed the floats and for all I know may still be in the hangar at Toronto Island Airport. reply | | Mick, e-mail, 16.04.2011 02:59 I soloed in a 46 BC12D, N95889 I recall, in 1964 at Grand Rapids, MN. It was a fun fly and lead to an aviation career only a year later. I have been blessed over and over. Wonder where the bird is now? reply | | Bob Totman, e-mail, 26.02.2011 08:02 The Stanford (University) Flying Club had a T-craft when I was there in 1947. I learned to fly in it - good plane, but it had the most "float" of anything I ever flew. I wonder what became of it. reply |
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Vince Marsh
It's a glider modified from the design for a Taylorcraft powered plane, which is why other people are discussing aircraft with engines. I've had a ride in a BC12D myself. There was a military program to train pilots for assault gliders, which included several conversions like this, such as the TG-8 (from a J-3 Cub, I think) and the TG-5 (from an Aeronca).
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