After my solo in a 7AC Champ I bought a 1941 Taylor Craft BC12D. $600.00 😳 I spent a few years and 300 plus hrs as king of the air ways at 105 mph.😂 I flew over most of Northern California exploring the pacific coast, the Central Valley and the lower Sierras. Landed on. Levy near Colusa for a night of CAT fishing. 😊 I loved my T Craft and the many adventures we shared.
Forgot I even did this video and posted it... Over 100K hits... Not bad. Dani is a great lady. And she is a pro snowmobiler ... I would not mess with her. We had a lot of fun filming it. As I recall the owner let her take the controls while they did a loop around Stellar airfield in Chandler AZ.
T-Craft's are one of the more efficient aircraft of its time and this one is a great example. Spent lots of time in a nicely restored T-Craft with an 85HP continental back in the early 1980's. It was the airplane that taught me how to land tail wheel planes. So gentle and forgiving this was and still is truly an airplane that made learning to fly very easy and enjoyable. This is a beautifully restored T-Craft and a very confident young woman at the controls. most people that fly on skies will hand from the rear side of the prop. This way if the plane starts to move forward you are able to get at the controls in a second. Most planes that are float equipped and don't have a starter must be started from behind the prop since there's no room in front. Beautiful airplane and woman. Thanks for the video!
Very nice plane. Very nice presentation. As a long time pilot, over 35 years - I just got a BFR in a great Taylor Craft with a great instructor. I think all pilots should get a BFR or at least a check out in a tail wheel airplane with a good tail wheel pilot at least every couple or few years. Teaches you what those peddles are for down by your feet, no -not the brakes.
So 60 years ago (plus a little), Dick Fogelman from Levittown, PA said to this 12 year old (then) "Would you like to take a ride in an airplane?" And I DID, more than once. He had an old Taylorcraft that looked like your BC model to my memory. I sat there watching him hand spin the prop to start it, and I still remember the thrill of that trip out of Old Star Airport in Bucks County for the first time. What a great memory!
Whoever did the restoration on that bird did a fantastic job . We have a Stearman and a L3 Aronica that we restored and generally folks don’t understand how much work goes into bringing these aircraft back to their former glory .
Ya you end up putting $60k of work and materials to have an airplane that might be worth $40k. You had better be doing it for the love of old airplanes.
Cet avion a exactement mon âge et c'est sur ce type d'avion que j'ai commencé à apprendre à piloter. Il n'était pas aussi propre car il sortait des surplus militaire mais il était bien agréable à piloter (avec le J3 /L4 de chez Piper). Mais si l'avion est beau, que dire de sa présentatrice !. Je ne sais lequel ou laquelle il faut le plus admirer des deux. Il a , ce vétéran, de la chance de se laisser monter par une aussi jolie demoiselle malgré ses 70 ans. La vision de ce duo me ramène 50 ans en arrière quand j'emmenais parfois de jolies demoiselles dans le ciel, et, parfois, au 7ème (ciel)! Profitez bien de votre jeunesse "jolie rose" car, comme cette fleur, la jeunesse ne dure que l'espace d'un instant. Dans un tel avion, je ne doute pas que vous en profitiez pleinement comme je le fis il y a un demi-siècle déjà....
First airplane of which I ever had control was a T-craft 12D. Easy to fly. Really loved it. Then my dad bought a Cessna 1946 140 and I had a new love but I never forgot my first.
We use to own a 1945 BC12D C-FSJZ sn 6411 lots of fun on skis in the winter landing on frozen lakes, flying along and positioning our shadow over unsuspecting snowmobilers...
I learned to fly in a '46 Taylorcraft owned by by Grandfather. What a beautiful plane. All these many years later it is hanging in an Aircraft museum in Minot, ND.
I recall Gordon Baxter writing about his memories of flying a T-craft on a hot summer day in Beaumont Texas. Hooting and hollering, with his arm out the window beating on the side of plane while doing touch and goes! Bax had a way with words.
He sure did. I read every Bax Seat I could get my hands on when I was learning to fly. His words embodied all the passion and joy that flying brings and really inspired me - and still do. I remember when his last article was published. Sad day for flying, may he rest in peace. Cheers from Sydney, Oz - Dave
Nice video. I had a `47 Aeronca Chief with 65hp. 85mph was all she`d go. If you lost it in a dive it wouldn`t overspeed due to drag. Flew it 2yrs. and 430hrs. Learned a lot. Only mechanical issue was a mag.
In the 80's I had a 1979 F-19 with the 0-200 engine, N2003L, took it to Oshkosh in 1986, great airplane, it would cruise at an honest 100MPH on 5 GPH, wide open throttle in level flight would see 118MPH, I really miss the aircraft, wish I never sold it.
They did, for several decades. Charles and Dorothy Ferris, from the original factory staff, brought them back in the early 1970's as the F- series the F-19, F-21, etc with many improvements. After Charles passed away his wife continued the company until 1985. The company then changed hands a number of times and after many financial and legal issues finally folded in 2007 and was repossessed by the original owners who were manufacturing wing struts in compliance with a recent Airworthiness Directive. The company is now up for sale but lives on with Auster and Aviat aircraft along with many conversions based on the original design.
my dad had a 46 bc12d for 50 years...he got it in 1958 and I had to sell it when he passed in 2008..Unfortuneately no one else in the family learned to fly..It had a wooden prop though...for some reason i cant go to the website
Nope cruise for the T-crate is 102 and the Luscombe 8-A is 105 mph the two most efficient side by side two places on 65 Hp. useful load is quite a bit lower than the luscombe, while the T-crate isn't so short coupled and thus not so quick on the landings.. Very different construction.. Pay your money, take your choice. Taylor was the designer of the Piper Cub, and the Tcrate was his improvement after he sold to Piper. Probably better on floats than on land.
Waffles Gaming Wow, that's a stretch. The Cub is a 2-place tandem and the 172 has a 4-place cabin. The Taylorcraft is a 2-place side-by-side. These are three distinctly different aircraft.
I learned to fly in a T-Craft and graduated to a Luscombe. Suggesting there may be a remote likeness (except for the fact that aircraft have adjustable parts to manage airflow, like a bird has feathers) between any tail dragger and a 172 is adequately covered in the preface to Flying 101.
Taylorcraft is one of the easiest-to-fly designs I've ever flown. Frise ailerons and a near-laminar-flow airfoil you basically drive it anywhere. And with generous rudder-to-fin ratio it's great in a crosswind almost self-correcting. Add the Monocoupe-inspired bar-of-soap fuselage profile- it wants to fly. So let it. So light on the controls the only danger is over-controlling. Basically you trim it, sit back and enjoy the ride.
@@wmfife1 Just sit back and....... Don't forget to take the crosswind correction out when touch. ..do...wn.....happens and you were just sitting back, enjoying what was a pleasant ride
First things first, what a beautiful Taylorcraft. Second and equally exciting is seeing a beautiful young woman obviously in love with flying and what I'm assuming is your plane. Call it nosey but I noticed no ring left Finger? If correct your going to be one he'll of a catch for some man. But take your time because a lot of young men are going to be intimidated by your abilities and independence. An for heavens sakes, make sure any man you choose has the passion for flying you do. Best of luck and thanks for sharing.
Kind of a Cute Girl,,, One That Knows Absolutely Nothing About "Hand Propping" An Airplane !!! She Knows NOTHING,,, That's Sad... Really,,, It's Lucky If She Knows ,,,, "The Time of Day",,,, As She Knows Nothing About Safety,,, and Being Around Airplanes....
