Taylorcraft Advertising 1940's to Share

[M Towsley]

I recently obtained this ticket stub with Taylorcraft advertising. The stub was originally from our old Southwest Airport, of which the remains are about 1/2 mile down the road from me. The airport buildings and large hangar still remain. They flew Taylorcrafts for training, sold them and used them in the Civilian Pilot Training Program during World War II. My father was in CPT and my mother also flew T-Crafts from this airport during this time period. Several years ago I posted photos on this website in the photo section of my father at this airport. Tom Baker and his father restored that beautiful pre-war Taylorcraft many years ago, which not only flew from this airport but my parents have actual logbook time in, (I still have their logbooks and my mother is still around at 84 years of age). If you go to this link on Abandoned Airfields about half way down is the information on this airport, Springfield Municipal/Southwest Airport: http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...lds_IL_SW.html

Just wanted to share this tidbit of Taylorcrat memorabilia that I have never seen before. Merry Christmas!!!

[M Towsley]

Re: Taylorcraft Advertising 1940's to Share

I noticed they didn't open to a very big picture, maybe these are better:

[Jim Herpst]

Re: Taylorcraft Advertising 1940's to Share

Love the History. Thank you for sharing this. I grew up in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. My dad had a BC12D we kept at lake Hill Airport in Mars PA. We often flew over to Butler Airport (not far away at all) thats where the orginal hanger is where old CG sketched out the airframe on the floor of the hanger of the orginals Taylorcrafts. Dad is still with us at 88 and is now down here with me as a trasnplant in Lexington SC. That sort of thing gives me the inspiration on my latest Taylorcraft project the 41 soon to be Clip wing formally Taylorcraft NC36042 serial number 3009 (Its had a hard life if only it could talk)!!!!