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    New Taylorcraft Owner

    Well, I did it! I took deivery on a new to me 1040 BC-65. Checked out in it a Frederick, MD in light rain which blew in some form the gaps between the frame and the windows (any advice on sealing these?). I love the way it flies. I intended to fly it to Easton, MD but the wx interfered. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Photo attached.

    Dan Brown
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    Dan Brown
    1940 BC-65 N26625
    TF #779
    Annapolis, MD
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    Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

    Welcome aboard!
    Hope your flight to get the plane home will be one of many fond ones.

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    • #3
      Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

      Welcome to a wonderful world! Nicew looking plane too!
      1946 BC-12D N96016
      I have known today a magnificent intoxication. I have learnt how it feels to be a bird. I have flown. Yes I have flown. I am still astonished at it, still deeply moved. — Le Figaro, 1908

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      • #4
        Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

        Originally posted by DanBrown View Post
        Frederick, MD in
        Dan Brown
        Glad it will stay in the area!
        Who was the previous owner? - Mike
        Mike Horowitz
        Falls Church, Va
        BC-12D, N5188M
        TF - 14954

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        • #5
          Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

          Thanks to all for the responses. Yes, I flew it from FDK to ESN the long way around the northen end of the Washington ADIZ -- 1.5 hours in the air for my first solo in it. Lovely flight at 2500 feet (+-) under scattered to broken cumulus. Great visibility for this area, but light to moderate turbulance -- an excellant glider cross country day.

          The previous owner was Richard Fox who took it in trade for a Pitts. He and his son just flew it a few hours. It seems to have spent a few recent years in Maryland, but most if it's life in Kansas near Dodge City. It appears to have been used as a crop duster in and breifly after WWII.

          Dan
          Dan Brown
          1940 BC-65 N26625
          TF #779
          Annapolis, MD

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          • #6
            Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

            Dan
            The more that you fly it, the more that you will love it. By the way, since you speak like you are glider rated, my 1940 BC65 thinks it's a motorglider. You ought to see the way she works thermals and ridgelines. She is no ASK21, but she is a LOT better than a J-3! Sabrina

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            • #7
              Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

              That's funny, when people ask me at the glider field how my 41 BC-12-65 handles I discribe it as almost the same as a Schweitzer 2-22. I flew one for quite a while and loved it. The 2-33 has a little better performance but the 2-22 flew nicer and was more fun (like a Taylorcraft is compared to other light planes). A Barron may be faster but it isn't NEAR the fun of a Taylorcraft.
              Hank

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              • #8
                Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                Well, I got my glider rating in a 2-33. Then had a partnership in an ASW-15 for a few years. Anybody do a polar on the Taylorcratt?
                I guess you could set the power to give an average descent of 150'/min at about 55mph to simulate a modern glider and go play in the thermals!! Any ideas about need for carb heat or problems with plug fouling if one does that?

                My most memorable "power gilder" flight was in an Aero Commander (nee Meyers) 200B. Left Morissville, VT For Bradley Field, Conn, IFR on a lovely January day a few hours after cold front passage. After climing out to 8000, saw lennies over the Green Mts, so asked center for direct to Hartford over the mountains. Quickly found the mountain wave in absoutly smooth air and reduced power to just enough to keep the engine warm (15" at 1500 rpm -- ed airspeed was 200 mph flying level at 8000 all the way down to about 30 mi. north of Hartford. Estimated the updraft to be about 1500 fpm!

                Dan
                Dan Brown
                1940 BC-65 N26625
                TF #779
                Annapolis, MD

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                • #9
                  Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                  Dan,
                  Most of my glider time is in either the Grob Acro, or the ASK21. I learned in the 2-33, and have a bunch of time in a D-Model 1-26. That is what I'd buy once I scrape up the money.
                  When I play in the ridgelines off Guadalupe Peak, I set my mixture knob out about half an inch, and leave the throttle at about 1200 RPM once I'm in the lift. It is enough to give good airflow accross the tail, and the plane flies GREAT!!! When I get tired of all the fun, or the sun starts getting low, I power up, point the nose to the south west, and fly the 60 miles back to my airstrip.
                  Sometimes in weak thermals, 1200 blows me through the thermals too quickly, so I set the throttle a bit slower. Sabrina

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                  • #10
                    Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                    Dan,

                    Congrats!

                    I live in Shadyside, where are you?
                    John 3728T

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                    • #11
                      Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                      Have either of you found a tcraft instructor in the area? - MIke
                      Mike Horowitz
                      Falls Church, Va
                      BC-12D, N5188M
                      TF - 14954

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                      • #12
                        Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                        John,

                        I live in the Ferry Farms area of Annapolis - directly across the Severn from the Naval Acadamy. My t-craft is currently at ESN, but plan to move it to Bay Bridge after I get a transponder installed (15 vs. 40 minute drive to go fly).

                        Where are you located? I see you have a F-19 on floats -- a great ship for exploring the bay area except for the ADIZ cutting it in 2. But it looks like you can get around it through Kent Narrows and still be over or near water.

                        I got my seaplane rating in a C-180 on Moosehead Lake in Maine many years ago, but have never gotten to use it.

                        Dan
                        Dan Brown
                        1940 BC-65 N26625
                        TF #779
                        Annapolis, MD

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                        • #13
                          Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                          I really am so used to the ADIZ that I don't let it affect where I fly.

                          I just file, squawk and talk and go wherever I need to. You are smart to put in the transponder in this area. Having a backup radio of some kind (even a handheld that you can connect to a headset) is also a wise addition.

                          Lets do some flying together in each others planes!

                          Mike,

                          Contact Stan Sweiker at Chesapeake Seaplanes for some training. Stan is an instructor, also has a shop, and knows taylorcrafts well on floats and wheels.
                          He's located just south of PAX and has a grass strip.

                          http://www.chesapeakeseaplanes.com/Cheasapeake%20Seaplanes.htm


                          I'm sure he can work with you, and he's a nice guy.

                          John
                          John 3728T

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                          • #14
                            Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                            John,

                            Getting together for some flying would be great!
                            My email is [email protected]

                            Dan
                            Dan Brown
                            1940 BC-65 N26625
                            TF #779
                            Annapolis, MD

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                            • #15
                              Re: New Taylorcraft Owner

                              Originally posted by jdoran View Post
                              I really am so used to the ADIZ that I don't let it affect where I fly.

                              I just file, squawk and talk and go wherever I need to. You are smart to put in the transponder in this area. Having a backup radio of some kind (even a handheld that you can connect to a headset) is also a wise addition.

                              Lets do some flying together in each others planes!

                              Mike,

                              Contact Stan Sweiker at Chesapeake Seaplanes for some training. Stan is an instructor, also has a shop, and knows taylorcrafts well on floats and wheels.
                              He's located just south of PAX and has a grass strip.

                              http://www.chesapeakeseaplanes.com/Cheasapeake%20Seaplanes.htm


                              I'm sure he can work with you, and he's a nice guy.

                              John
                              His is on floats, right? - MIke
                              Mike Horowitz
                              Falls Church, Va
                              BC-12D, N5188M
                              TF - 14954

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