Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

For his flight from Shanghai to Macau during January-February 1931, G. Warren Brophy used Waco RNF c/n 3359, named Feng Wang.

Air Enthusiast 2001-09 / C.Lucchesi - For Naval 'Wings'

Waco CPF floatplane.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / H.Levy - WACO reunion '91

Joe Maguire’s 1940 UPF-7 NC164. More than 600 UPF-7s were built between 1940-42.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / H.Levy - Wacos galore!

James Buchwald’s VPF-7 two-seater once flew with the Guatemalan Army Air Corps.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-06 / H.Levy - A brace of WACOs

Alan Shimer’s Waco VPF-7, flown from the owner’s 1,200ft strip at Gettysburg.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-06 / H.Levy - A brace of WACOs

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-06 / H.Levy - A brace of WACOs

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / H.Levy - Wacos galore!

One of eight UPF-7s at Wynkoop.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / H.Levy - WACO reunion '91

Dr O. Weaver's 1941 Waco UPF-7 NC32162.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-01 - AIRCRAFT - FIXED-WING - CIVIL

Waco Classic YMF Super reinvocation of the Waco YMF-5 three-seat biplane (1999)

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / H.Levy - Wacos galore!

Some of the Wacos at Wayne Hayes’s Waco Shop.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / H.Levy - Wacos galore!

Barry Branin's Maryland-based IBA N12453 is powered by a Kinner B-54 radial.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Waco Model F-T Two-seat Training Biplane.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2010-08 / М.Лисов - На родине пионера авиации. Музей Военно-Воздушных Сил Бразилии

WACO CPF

Air International 1985-07

The Waco CPF-5 operated by the Forca Aerea Brasileira

Air Pictorial 1956-07 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

WACO MODEL UPF-7 of 1939 has new large U.S. registration letters. Jazz tail markings indicate former use of this ex-U.S.A.A.C. PT-14 as air shows' stunt biplane. Power is 225,h .p. Continental R-670-3.

Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

Brophy beside the RNF with its Warner Scarab engine running. Note the name Feng Wang and Chinese characters on the cowling.

Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

Brophy in his flying suit beside the RNF, which bears the name of the L.E. Gale Company on the fuselage aft of the cockpit, along with a set of Chinese characters, beneath which is the name Feng Wang and the corresponding Chinese characters. On the rudder the name Phoenix has been applied in English, along with Shanghai, the location of the Gale Company’s HQ.

Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

Chinese engineers and military personnel pose for a photograph in front of the RNF, possibly while at Fuzhou, where Brophy landed on January 25, 1931. The following day poor weather forced him down 30 miles (50km) south-east of Fuzhou, the resulting rough landing damaging the propeller and causing further delays.

Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

Probably the first time many of the locals had seen an aircraft, Brophy’s Waco attracted a great deal of attention during its various stops on the way to Macau. Again taken on the pebbly terrain, this photo shows an elderly woman posing in front of the machine. Note the pristine Hamilton Standard metal propeller, presumably after its repair.

Aviation Historian 41 / L.Andersson - Fall of the Phoenix

Another photograph of the RNF during its journey from Shanghai to Guangzhou (Canton), perhaps at Fuzhou, or looking at the pebbly surface, more likely on the beach to the south-west where Brophy made a forced landing on January 26. If any readers can translate the characters on the fuselage side, we’d love to know what they say!

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

SPOT LANDING: Allen Daily, of Yale, flying a Kitty Hawk (Waco F), wins the forced landing event. The mark, a white cross, is just below the undercarriage.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-10 / I.Best-Devereux - Antiques at Oshkosh

Lee Parsons’ Waco QCF-2 three-seater first flew in 1931 and has a 220 h.p. Continental R670-11A.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-12 / C.Burkett - Oshkosh '88

Pilot Jim Franklin and stuntman John Casey enthralling the Oshkosh crowds with their antics in - and on - a Waco.

Мировая Авиация 251

Бразилия заказала самолеты Waco CPF в качестве учебно-тренировочных. Машины оснащались двигателями Wright R-760-E мощностью 250 л. с. и имели двухместные открытые кабины. Данный самолет оснащен поплавками типа Edo и был одним из десяти, поступивших в ВМС Бразилии. Остальные 30 машин попали в Армию.

Air Enthusiast 1971-07 / Veteran & vintage

This Waco RBA dates from 1932 and was restored by Jim Loomis.

Мировая Авиация 251

«Waco» разработала самолеты семейства KBA в качестве учебно-тренировочных с размещением двух летчиков плечом к плечу. Были построены три самолета варианта IBA, которые оснащались двигателем Kinner B-5 и опционально - фонарем кабины.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-06 / H.Levy - A brace of WACOs

The front cockpit of James Buchwald’s VPF-7. The instrumentation of the front cockpit is sparse by comparison with that of the IFR-equipped rear. The three instruments in the picture are the airspeed indicator, turn-and-bank indicator and the altimeter.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-06 / H.Levy - A brace of WACOs

The rear cockpit of James Buchwald’s VPF-7. The instrumentation of the front cockpit is sparse by comparison with that of the IFR-equipped rear.