After getting married in 1990, my wife, Jill, and I spent several years restoring a 1946 Stinson 108. Serial number 256 made this early variant a dash nothing.
The intent was to own an airplane capable of visiting each state in the continental U.S. while hauling a luxurious amount of camping gear. The reality was restoring an older airplane that was significantly more expensive and time-consuming than we had imagined before starting the project. Life happened, and we sold the airplane before ever starting the engine for the first time. When the new owner wrote to tell us the airplane flies beautifully, we felt a great sense of pride in a job well done and the pain of letting the dream slip away.
We are fortunate to currently own a 1946 Taylorcraft BC12-D. It’s a great airplane. For us, the largest knock is limited baggage capacity. Many pilots have successfully camped with a T-Craft. As much as admitting this hurts, both Jill and I wanted a bit more luxury than the placarded 20 pounds of cargo that must fit into the volume of two gallon Ziploc bags. Great for a weekend away, but not so much for our planned extended adventure.
Thirty years later, the dream of putting a landing in each of the lower 48 was reawakened when, on a whim, we stopped to look at a pair of 1941 Stinson 10A Voyagers residing in a barn. There is a romance and lore to the barn-found airplane. The…
Source www.planeandpilotmag.com
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