Identity of old airplane

OP · 2004-08-08T04:17:22+00:00

I'm looking for plans or a kit to build a model of the plane I first flew in.Back in the late '40's I took my first airplane ride in a fabric covered taildragger. It was two place, tandem seating, hand propped, no electrical, stickand rudder and was a blast to fly even at 65 mph. What I remember most was thewings (no flaps of course), but where they fastened to the fuselage they wereprominently "notched". That is the trailing edge did not go all the way to thefuselage, but stopped about 1 ft from the fuse and continued at about a 45degree angle forward to where they joined the fuselage. The wing was very similar to the Luscombe Silvaire, but this was not allaluminum and not side by side seating.The plane was definitely not new, could have been anywhere from five to fifteenyears old at the time. Anybody have an idea what that plane would have been?Ron Kelley

Aug 08, 2004 23 Replies

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OP 21 years ago

As best as I can remember, the cylinders did not extend outside the cowliing.

Ron Kelley

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OP 21 years ago

What an interesting airplane.... but not what I'm looking for. Mine had the wing's trailing edge cut back to the fuselage, not the front. Thanks for the help though.

Ron Kelley

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The Natural Philosopher 21 years ago

Try googling reconnaissance aircraft.

For some reason a lot of STOL airfcarft did that.

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OP 21 years ago

Thanks for the idea... while looking through reconnaissance aircraft, I came on a link to liaison aircraft and found one version of the Taylorcraft L-2M that looks about right. It's at

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and from the angle of the photo looks like the wing I remember. The only difference was the one I flew didn't have the full greenhouse "wrap all the way round" windows. It had a normal set of windows for a two place tandem aircraft. The airplane I flew in had the fuselage behind me (in the back seat) covered behind my head and overhead too. It is possible that the owner had the plane recovered at some time and did away with most of the green house, or maybe Taylorcraft made some without the geenhouse. Anyway, that looks close enough. Thanks for all the help.

Ron Kelley

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