NC17473: Waco YKS-7

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Not your father's Cessna - A Ride in Style!

21 owners since it's birth on 04-07-1937.  

The first owner was the Aviation Country Club of Long Island.  To quote an article by John Fleischman in the 2/99 issue of Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine, "Charles Lindbergh was a charter member of the club in 1929.  He was brought in by its first president, Charles Lanier Lawrence, who'd designed the Wright J5C Whirlwind air-cooled radial engine for the Spirit of St. Louis.  Lindbergh, who had just married Anne Morrow, taught his bride to fly at the club.  The club's treasurer was another giant of the aeronautics, Chance Vought."

Later in the same article, Mr. Fleischman pointed out that the August 1938 club newsletter noted that Mr Leeroy Grumman kept a 2-place conversion of his firm's F-3-F fighter in the club's hangar.

Vincent Bendix and Amelia Earhart were also members of the Aviation Country Club of Long Island.

As you can see, this aircraft has a wonderful history!  Perhaps you may wish to keep it in the air? 

20 inches of manifold pressure with 2,000 RPM  @ 4,500 feet equals 141 MPH indicated air speed.  Not bad in 1937 and not too bad today!

For more information please call 251-422-9219 John
  

Avionics

Becker Comm.
Becker Transponder
Garmin 82 ADS-B
Garmin 496 & Garmin 796 (Both hard wired in)
ACK E-04 406 ELT
24 Volt System
  

Airframe

11-25-2002  Entire aircraft restored to new condition--all new wood installed; all new control cables installed; new interior, avionics & associated wiring, breakers, etc. Polyfiber fabric & aerothane finish.
  

Engines / Mods

R755B2M

08-15-2003  Major overhaul by Radial Engines LTD of Guthrie, OK.

Cylinders #2,4,6 & 7 overhauled by Air Repair of Cleveland, MS due to low compression on 06-21-2019

All cylinders 78/80 at last annual on 05-03-2022.    

Hamilton Standard 2B20 prop.
  

Interior / Exterior

Leather
  

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