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I just spent a wonderful day walking around the Cactus Fly in in Casa Grande Arizona
I found three Taylorcrafts on the flight line. Sincere apologies if I missed a fourth.
NC43338 was a beautiful BC12D in Red and Cream. The nose grills were silver and the wheel pants had metal strip attached like the deluxe wheel pants. Funny thing given the fine overall condition of the plane, but I kept going back to the wire for the fuel gauge cork float that was beautifully rebuilt; straight and clean. Funny how you notice little things.
NC95070 was another fine BC12D. It had a pilot-side slide window and Kidney control yokes. The colour was a blue strip with diamond on a white fuselage (similar to mine!) with the blue leading edge scalloped back into the white of the wing. The interior was lovely, as was the interior on the previous plane. I had a nice talk with the owner as he fuelled discussing details of his plane and mine. These conversations and contacts with other Tcraft owners make one of the best parts of a get-together like this.
N46268 was an L2M in all its military splendour. Everything that one would expect of a war bird was there in this plane. It is always interesting to me to see where the L2s and the BC12Ds differed. I spent a long time looking at detail and admiring.
Each year the Cactus fly in is one of my favourite days. This one was no different and the three fine Taylorcrafts on the line added greatly to my enjoyment. If any of the owners are reading this, congratulations on truly wonderful air planes and thanks for helping make one of my favourite fly ins just a little more special. Can't a\wait 'til next year!
Skip Egdorf
BC12-D N34237
I found three Taylorcrafts on the flight line. Sincere apologies if I missed a fourth.
NC43338 was a beautiful BC12D in Red and Cream. The nose grills were silver and the wheel pants had metal strip attached like the deluxe wheel pants. Funny thing given the fine overall condition of the plane, but I kept going back to the wire for the fuel gauge cork float that was beautifully rebuilt; straight and clean. Funny how you notice little things.
NC95070 was another fine BC12D. It had a pilot-side slide window and Kidney control yokes. The colour was a blue strip with diamond on a white fuselage (similar to mine!) with the blue leading edge scalloped back into the white of the wing. The interior was lovely, as was the interior on the previous plane. I had a nice talk with the owner as he fuelled discussing details of his plane and mine. These conversations and contacts with other Tcraft owners make one of the best parts of a get-together like this.
N46268 was an L2M in all its military splendour. Everything that one would expect of a war bird was there in this plane. It is always interesting to me to see where the L2s and the BC12Ds differed. I spent a long time looking at detail and admiring.
Each year the Cactus fly in is one of my favourite days. This one was no different and the three fine Taylorcrafts on the line added greatly to my enjoyment. If any of the owners are reading this, congratulations on truly wonderful air planes and thanks for helping make one of my favourite fly ins just a little more special. Can't a\wait 'til next year!
Skip Egdorf
BC12-D N34237
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