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    Taylorcraft History in Illinois?

    I have a BC12D that is currently being restored in Brownsville. We are about 30 days out from having it back in the air.
    I noted on the taylorcraft.org website the link for getting copies of registration and airworthiness certificates and sent off for the CD. What a great service! I now have 92 pages of registration information and 32 pages of airworthiness certificates going back to delivery of the plane to Henry F.A. Bock, a Taylorcraft salesman/franchise owner(?) in the Lincoln, Illinois area. I also found out who the next several owners were and have contacted their families. Looks like I will soon have photographs and stories about the early years of this plane. It is great to honor this plane and its' earlier owners.

    Does anyone have any information about the Detroit Aircraft Company which, from what I can gather, owned Taylorcraft for a short time? I am looking for more information about the operation in Illnois in particular and information about franchise owners or what it took to become one.

    Anyway, if you have not ordered the CD for your Tcraft you need to do it! What a great source of the history of these great planes.

    Thanks!
    Jay
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    Re: Taylorcraft History in Illinois?

    Hey great! Another person who enjoys the history of their craft. I found it fascinating to read those pages when I got mine for N36468. It was neat to see where all it had been in the country. I am going to work on some display boards to show with the plane when it is parked.

    I recently went up to Forrest Barbers place and got the first flight information on it. If only these old ships could talk!
    David and Judy
    TF# 651
    Butterfly Fun Lines
    1941 BF12-65
    N36468
    Grasshopper Fun Lines
    1988 Hatz CB-1
    N83LW

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      Re: Taylorcraft History in Illinois?

      Ah yes the Old Detroit Aircraft Company my father knew it well.
      All ships should have the CD file plus my factory records here at the Foundation copied for the aircraft file!
      Taylorcraft Foundation, Inc
      Forrest A Barber 330-495-5447
      TF#1
      www.BarberAircraft.com
      [email protected]

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        Re: Taylorcraft History in Illinois?

        Jay,

        I live in Springfield, about 35 miles South of Lincoln, airport identifier is AAA, Logan County Airport. No dealers there now, nice little museum on the field as well as a couple of Ercoupes for sale and an ag sprayer. I know the mechanic that has worked there for awhile. I drop in there now and then, I can ask him next time I see him.
        Cheers,
        Marty

        TF #596
        1946 BC-12D N95258
        Former owner of:
        1946 BC-12D/N95275
        1943 L-2B/N3113S

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          Re: Taylorcraft History in Illinois?

          Hi Marty,
          Thanks for the response. The plane had several owners in the area (from 1946-1957). They lived in Taylorville, Nokomis and Carrollton. The plane was then sold to a pilot in Little Rock, Arkansas. It spent 20 years there before moving on to South Dakota where I finally purchased it in 1982.
          I am still trying to track down owners in Arkansas. It is a little tougher to track down people in a bigger city! The detective work is fun. Good thing we have the internet!
          Have a good day!
          Jay

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