Replicas
Reproduction of aircraft receive meticulous attention to detail. The same materials and often the same methods are used to reproduce an accurate example of the aircraft as they originally existed. It is our commitment that, for any reproduction aircraft, all details are completely researched and each detail is correct with no compromise to authenticity.
On October 6, 2007 we rolled out our completed 1928 Boeing Model 40-B at the Wings and Wheels Festival - Aviation Day - at Pangborn Memorial Airport here in East Wenatchee, WA. Our special guest was Bill Boeing, Jr., the son of the founder of the Boeing Company. After the Festival we disassembled the Model 40 and trucked it over to The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. We reassembled it there, where it and its new display opened to the public on October 20th.
The Model 40B was the Boeing Aircraft Company's first successful commercial aircraft. It was economical to operate with its Pratt & Whitney R-1690 "Hornet" radial engine and could carry more mail and passengers than its competitors. With this airplane Boeing was able to win the airmail route from San Francisco to Chicago in 1927. The 40-B biplane had a crew of one, a compartment for mail and a small cabin for two passengers.
Museum of Flight, Seattle
One of the earliest designs by the fledgling Boeing Aircraft Company, the Model C was designed to be a primary trainer on floats. There are none left in existence. We were contracted by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA to build an exact replica of the fuselage of a Boeing Model C for a new exhibit in the Red Barn. The replica fuselage was constructed using original Boeing Airplane Co. drawings provided by the Boeing archive department in Seattle.
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Early Flight Gallery
We were contracted by the USAF Museum to build an exact replica of a 1921 Martin MB-2 bomber. The replica is over 42 feet long with a 74-foot wingspan and it stands almost 14 feet high. It's a biplane with two Liberty engines and weighs about 7,500 lbs. It is the only Martin MB-2 in existence, as none of the original MB-2s survived. This project was started in early 2000 and took two and a half years to complete.
Japan Science Foundation
Misawa Aviation Museum,
Misawa, Japan
This Pacemaker represents the "Miss Veedol," the aircraft used on the first non-stop trans Pacific flight in 1932. The customer was not concerned with flyable but very concerned with authenticity. They wanted the plane to be outwardly correct even to the landing gear drop system devised by Clyde Pangborn. This aircraft is for static display only, as we have used as much original Bellanca Pacemaker parts as possible in the airframe.
Evergreen Aviation Museum
McMinnville, Oregon
The aircraft replica was built and delivered to the museum with an OX-5 Curtiss 90 HP V-8 engine. The aircraft was purposely not covered so that viewers could see the construction and detail of the airframe.
Evergreen Aviation Museum
McMinnville, Oregon
The "Flyer" is an exact copy, except for a non-running engine. This 10-month project was completed using drawings from the Smithsonian Institute, pictures and examinations of the original craft which hangs in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
We have just completed a replica of the Airco DH.4 for The Vintage Aviator Limited (a flying Museum) in New Zealand. They will use a Liberty V-12 engine on which they are doing the overhaul. They will have the instruments certified, install the fabric and paint the wings and tail surfaces. They are also supplying the propeller, wheels and tires. When their work is complete, this DH.4 will be flyable.
The DH.4 was a British two-seat biplane day-bomber of theWorld War I. It was designed by Geoffrey De Havilland (hence "DH") for Airco, and was the first British two seat light day-bomber to have an effective defensive armament. It first flew in August 1916 and entered service with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in March 1917. The majority of DH.4's were actually built as general purpose two seaters in the USA, for service with the American forces in France.
The DH.4 was tried with several engines, of which the best was the 375 hp Rolls Royce Eagle engine. The DH.4 was equipped with one 0.303 in. Vickers machine gun for the pilot and one 0.303 in. Lewis machine gun on a Scarff ring mounting for the observer. Two 230 lb. bombs or four 112 lb. bombs could be carried.
On October 6, 2007 we rolled out our completed 1928 Boeing Model 40-B at the Wings and Wheels Festival - Aviation Day - at Pangborn Memorial Airport here in East Wenatchee, WA. Our special guest was Bill Boeing, Jr., the son of the founder of the Boeing Company. After the Festival we disassembled the Model 40 and trucked it over to The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. We reassembled it there, where it and its new display opened to the public on October 20th.
