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Taylorcraft 19

I retrieved my crashed Taylorcraft model BC12D plane from the Yukon in 1972. The details are documented in 1971 Alaska III.

Rest area stop on the way back from Wisconsin on July 4th weekend in 1972 with a Taylorcraft wing on the roof of my 1969 Toyota Corona. Teenage neighbor, Neil Anderson [sitting], came along with me.

After getting settled down in Maine, I realized if I was going to take up flying again, I would have build myself an airplane, and even though my Taylorcraft was a total loss, building an airplane out of that was better than starting with nothing, so I set about restoring it as a model 19. The repair sequence follows.

1991 Pressure testing a wing tank. This method was good enough for an EAA Hints for Homebuilders prize.
Reassembled wing with scraped and varnished spars.
1992 Trimming out the fuselage: baggage compartment, floor boards and stringers.
Trial wing rigging before covering.
1993 Fuselage in fabric up through silver coat.
New engine mount and disassembled engine.
Positioning the nose bowl.
Mocking up bottom cowling with cardboard.
1994 Spraying Polyspray silver on the wings.
Spraying silver on doors and cowling.
Camping at Bowman Field with Bob Vandal
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