This weekend I had an invite to view some really beautiful biplanes,the only difference was that these gems were built only last year from the original drawings of the Waco aircraft company in America,they are fitted with modern engines,navigational aids and despite the open cockpits the pilot wears heated flying suites and can fly in any weather,the basic airplanes are built exactly as they were back in the golden age of flying back in the 1930's and are hand made and finished to an exceptional high standard,I marvelled at the gloss paintwork where you could see your reflection,the cockpits were fully instrumented with proper control columns and non of those sissy control spectacles ! my guide was a very pretty young lady who really enthused about these new aircraft, saying that she had flown in one a week ago and it was a far cry from the Piper Cherokee she learned to fly in,these are enthusiasts machines to be treasured and above all flown the way aircraft used to handle,take a look at the way they look from the back she said,look at those lines and I could see what she was saying,a few degrees of dihedral gave the Waco a really nice sit especially with those rounded wingtips and that big round radial engine and spatted undercarriage,I was very quickly told how to say Waco ! it is pronounced as 'Wako' it took a while to drag me away from these beauties,I just wanted to push one outside and start it up and fly !! here we have the two basic models,the yellow one is the model YMF-5C which is a three seater,the other cream one is the model YMF-5 a standard two seater,three seat biplanes were fairly common in the thirties as joy riding was then popular.
Now if only I hit the jackpot on the lottery I could buy one,and keep her on my very own bowling green trimmed airstrip,thats a nice thought but it has to be a dream !
My thanks to Lynda at Waco Europe for kindly showing me around these superb machines for inclusion here on scale-models.




The ergonomic cockpit layout,very cosy,you could fly for miles in this practical airplane.

beuatiful barry !

thanx for sharing with us. :chickenfa