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The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft Waco Aircraft Company manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian Industry Aerospace . Predecessors Weaver Aircraft Company The company initially started under the name Weaver Founded 1919 Aircraft Company of Ohio but changed its name to the Defunct 1965 Waco Aircraft Company in 1928/29. Headquarters Troy, Ohio, United States Products Light aircraft Contents

1 Company name 2 History 3 Models 3.1 Open cockpit biplanes and monoplanes 3.2 Waco D series Waco GXE (Model 10) of 1928 with 3.3 Curtiss OX-5 engine 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 1929 model Advance Aircraft 3.11 Transports Company/Waco ATO 'Taperwing' of 4 References Vintage Wings of Canada. 4.1 Bibliography 4.1.1 Books 4.1.2 Websites 5 External links

Company name

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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. The name comes from a field near Troy, Ohio - Waco field, which in turn received its name from a local war-cry, which had several variations. Although an acronym, the company was universally referred to as "Waco".

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 Waco UPF-7, built in 1941, arrives at Lorain and Medina, Ohio after they had already been collaborating the 2014 Royal International Air for several years. In the spring of 1923 this became the Advance Tattoo, England Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio, after the departure of Weaver.

At some point (when is not at all clear from the records but 1928 or 1929) it was changed from Advance Aircraft Company to Waco Aircraft Company. 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

Waco's history started in 1919 when businessmen Clayton J. Brukner and Elwood Junkin met barnstorming pilots Charley Meyers and George 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 models after 1930 in addition to the open cockpit biplanes.

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.

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.

Waco ceased operations in 1947,[2] having suffered the fate of a number of general aviation companies when an anticipated boom in aviation following World War II failed to develop.[3] 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.[4]

The Waco name was briefly revived for a scheme to produce a series of Italian lightplanes under licence in the U.S.

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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.[5]

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.[6]

Models

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.

Miss Pittsburgh

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 with 240 hp (179 kW) Continental W-670 . 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.

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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 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 10 giving joy rides, c.1930 Waco JYO :U.S. Navy version of JTO for evaluation. 2 built.

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" Preserved 1929-built JYM mailplane fuselage stretch. 4 built for Northwest Airways of Northwest Airways

Waco A series

Waco 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 side-by-side biplane of Waco PBA :IBA variant with 170 hp (127 kW) Jacobs LA-1 1932 radial engine. 4 built. Waco RBA :IBA variant with 110 hp (82 kW) 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

Waco CHD Multipurpose military biplane with 250 hp (186 kW) Wright R-760 radial engine. 6 built (may include JHD).

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Waco JHD Multipurpose Military Biplane with 365 hp (272 kW) Wright R-975 engine. 6 built for Uruguay. Waco S3HD Multipurpose Military Biplane with 400 hp (298 kW) P & W Wasp Jr. TB. 1 built. Waco WHD Multipurpose Military Biplane with 420 hp (313 kW) Wright R-975 engine. Waco CMD Multipurpose Military Biplane with 250 hp (186 kW) Wright J-6-7. None built.

Waco F series

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 & Waco UBF-2 : 210 hp (157 kW)p Continental R- 670 engine. Around 11 built. (two built for US Navy late in the Waco UBF of 1932 flown by Texaco USS Macon airship program as XJW-1 trainers with skyhooks in the early 1930s for launch and recovery from the airship).

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.

Waco UMF-3 &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 & -5. Waco YMF-5 : 245 hp (183 kW) Jacobs L-4 radial engine. Basis for YMF-5 Super currently in production.

Waco INF : 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5 radial engine. 50 built. A brand new 2006 model WACO Waco KNF : 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5 radial engine. 20 Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C at Sun 'n built. Fun 2006 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.

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Waco RNF : 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine. 177 built.

Waco CPF & Waco CPF-6 : 250 hp (186 kW) Wright R-760 radial engine. 41 built, redesignated DPF. Waco DPF-6 & 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 Waco QF2 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 & Waco VPF-7 : 240 hp (179 kW) Continental W-670 radial engine. 6 built.

Waco YPF-6 & Waco YPF-7 : 225 hp (168 kW) Jacobs L-4 Waco RNF radial engine. 8 built. Waco ZPF-6 & Waco ZPF-7 : 285 hp (213 kW) Jacobs L-5 radial engine. 5 built.

Waco CRG

240 hp (179 kW) Wright R-760 radial engine, later a different Wright R-760.

Waco RPT-1 Waco YPF at Sun 'n Fun 2006 Low wing open cockpit monoplane trainer prototype, similar in concept to Fairchild PT-19. 1 built.

Waco Standard Cabin Biplanes

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.

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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 & Waco CJC-S :with 250 hp (186 kW) Wright R- 760 engine. 41 CJC & DJC built. Waco DJC, Waco DJC-S & Waco DJS :with 285 hp (213 kW) Wright R-760 engine.

Waco UKC, Waco UKC-S & Waco UKS-6 :with 210 hp (157 kW)p Continental R-670. 40 built. Waco UIC standard cabin biplane 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 & Waco YKS-6 :with 225 hp (168 kW) Jacobs L-4

Waco ZKC, Waco ZKC-S & Waco ZKS :with 285 hp (213 kW) Jacobs L-5 engine. 60 YKC built, 22 YKC-S built, Waco UIC 65 YKS-6 built; Several ZKS-7 built, one converted to HKS-7 (300 HP Lycoming R-680-13 in 1947[9]).

Waco Custom Cabin Biplanes (Sesquiplanes)

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 & Waco YKS-6 cabin tourer of 1936 YOC-1 built. YOC-1 : 285 hp (213 kW) Jacobs L-5 engine.

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.

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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 & 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 CUC of 1935 showing the Waco VQC-6 : 250 hp (186 kW) Continental W-670 engine. extended cabin and windows of the later C series models. Anoka-Blaine Waco YQC-6 : 225 hp (168 kW) Jacobs L-4 engine. 13 built. 1 airport near Minneapolis, June 2006 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 Waco EQC-6 Custom at the Calgary engine. 38 built. 3 used by US Navy & Coast Guard as J2W. Aerospace Museum in 1996 showing the longer cabin glazing of late C Waco MGC-8 : Menasco Pirate inline engine. Unknown series aircraft 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)

Waco N series (1937–1938)

Waco AVN-8 : Nosewheel Type with 300 hp (224 kW) Jacobs L-6 engine. 15 built. Waco ZVN-7 & Waco ZVN-8 : Nosewheel Type with 285 hp (213 kW) Jacobs L-5 engine. 6 built.

Waco E series (1939–1940)

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 & Whitney R-985 engine. 21 built.

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Waco WRE Aristocrat : 420 hp (313 kW) Wright R-975 engine. None built.

Gliders

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 Glider

Transports Waco ARE on display 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. Waco CG-4A troop glider.

References

1. ^ Kobernuss, P.4 2. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/other_aircraft/Waco_W/ O'Neill Sport Aviation March/April 1964 3. ^ Guillemette, Roger. "WACO Aircraft Corporation" (http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/WACO/GA3.htm). U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Retrieved 2006-10-10. 4. ^ O'Neill http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/other_aircraft/Waco_W/ 5. ^ http://www.wacoclassic.com/about.html Waco Classic Aircraft Co. About Page 6. ^ Donner, Brad http://www.fairchild24.com/museum.htm Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum - List of Aircraft 7. ^ http://aerofiles.com/wacodata.html Aerofiles 'That Waco Coding System' 8. ^ Aerofiles Waco Page (http://aerofiles.com/_waco.html) 9. ^ http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N50662.html

Bibliography

Books

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Juptner, Joseph P. (1962). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 1. Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc. LCCN 62-15967 (http://lccn.loc.gov/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 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" (http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/janowski/other_aircraft/Waco_W/). Sport Aviation March 1964 and April 1964. Sport Aviation. Retrieved June 7, 2009. Various (26 April 2009). "Aerofiles Waco Page" (http://aerofiles.com/_waco.html). Aerofiles. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

External links

Waco Air Museum Troy, Ohio Wikimedia Commons has (http://www.wacoairmuseum.org) media related to Waco Aircraft Company. Detailed listing of Waco models and specifications at Aerofiles (http://aerofiles.com/_waco.html) Waco type codes explained (http://aerofiles.com/wacodata.html) The Spirit of Adventure: Flying the USA and Europe, low and slow in a Waco open-cockpit biplane (http://www.michaelmccafferty.com/adventures) Wright State University's archive of Waco records (http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/manuscripts/ms109.html) Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Waco Aircraft Company Archives (http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/waco/waco_frames.html) AeroSpace Show - (RTP-TV 2003) Video Story On Waco Biplane (http://www.rtptv.homestead.com/rtpcarolinabarnstormers.html) Waco Classic (http://www.wacoclassic.com/)

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Waco ZQC-6 Photos (http://www.chet-aero.com/waco.php) Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum - has more Waco's (restored) than all other locations combined (http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/) Alberta Aviation Museum (http://albertaaviationmuseum.com/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=41)

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