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From about July 1945, new Taylorcraft BC12-D's were beginning to be prepared for post-war sales. After four years of military production, the anticipated civil market was around the corner for the Taylorcraft aeroplane. The BC12-D was officially approved on 13 November 1945 (TC A-696 refers).
In anticipation of the 60th birthday of the most numerous Taylorcraft type, can we have some stories, anecdotes, etc?
I'll start.
My BC12-D G-BRPX (C/No 6462, NC39208), was constructed from a 1941 fuselage & tailfeathers (Pearl Harbor interrupted production) and was eventually sold on 30 October 1945 to Gill-Dove Airways, Martin, Tenessee [a distributor]. Joseph Rodd, Secretary of the "Taylorcraft Aviation Division" of "Detroit Air-Craft Products, Inc", signed the bill of sale in the County of Stark, Ohio, on that date.
Mr Thomas L Harris of 421 Baird, Milan, Tn, purchased the 'plane from the distributor on 13 February 1946 "for and in consideration of...one or more dollars..."
...and after many changes of ownership, it ended up in my hands in England five years ago.
For slightly more than "one or more dollars, I might add.
In anticipation of the 60th birthday of the most numerous Taylorcraft type, can we have some stories, anecdotes, etc?
I'll start.
My BC12-D G-BRPX (C/No 6462, NC39208), was constructed from a 1941 fuselage & tailfeathers (Pearl Harbor interrupted production) and was eventually sold on 30 October 1945 to Gill-Dove Airways, Martin, Tenessee [a distributor]. Joseph Rodd, Secretary of the "Taylorcraft Aviation Division" of "Detroit Air-Craft Products, Inc", signed the bill of sale in the County of Stark, Ohio, on that date.
Mr Thomas L Harris of 421 Baird, Milan, Tn, purchased the 'plane from the distributor on 13 February 1946 "for and in consideration of...one or more dollars..."
...and after many changes of ownership, it ended up in my hands in England five years ago.
For slightly more than "one or more dollars, I might add.
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