Serial Number:

3776

Registration

NC13418

Year

1933

Aircraft Type:

single-engine

Title

“Golden Age of Aviation” Aircraft for Sale: 1933 Waco UIC Cabin Biplane

Airframe Hours:

1972

Fuel Capacity:

50 GAL

Airframe Description:

Cleveland Wheels and brakes, Maule toe brakes

Flight Rules:

VFR

Avionics Equipment:

Navigation/ADS-B: Garmin GNX 375

KX170B COMM

W/KI208 Ind.

Avionics Description:

Equipped for night VFR

Engine Make/Model:

CONTINENTAL W670

Engine Horsepower:

220

Engine Time:

50 SMOH

Prop Make/Model:

Curtiss Reed Polished Propeller

Prop Composition:

aluminium

Prop Blades:

2

Prop Time:

72

Interior Description:

4 Seat cabin with the original and luxurious, velvet red vermillion upholstery; 2 individual front seats and a roomy bench seat in the rear. Tan carpet, wood trim, roll down crank windows and

Exterior Description:

Diana Cream, Vermillion Red with the original WACO fish hook design and rear skylight

Additional Equipment:

Jasco alternator, Maule master cylinders

Remarks:

Aircraft Accolades:
•Served the C.A.P. during World War II
•Vintage Airplane Magazine: October 1997 Issue
•Oldest Cabin-type WACO at the 2023 WACO 100th Historical Society Fly-in
•2022 AirVenture Antique Aircraft Award: Silver Age Outstanding Closed Cockpit Biplane

John Paul Riddle: Co-founder of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, according to Wright University Libraries & Archives, Special Collections; was an early owner of this WACO

Ruth Ellen Dailey Helm: Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during WWII and Congressional Gold Medal recipient for her service in the performance of her duties, she flew the following aircraft: AT-6, AT-17, B-25, C-47, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-63
After she quit flying in 1954, Helm stayed active in the community - participating in such organizations as the Tucson Chapter of Ninety-Nines - a group created in 1929 by 99 women pilots, including Amelia Earhart - According to the airplane paperwork and the timeline of an article on the CAF Rise Above website, this WACO may have been her first airplane.

Captain Carl A. Overstreet: Flew the F-84G Thunderjet & was trained in dropping nuclear bombs and advanced in machine guns, bombs, and rockets. First pilot to fly a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady operational mission over Poland, East Germany and the then USSR as a CIA-contracted spy during the Cold War During the Cuban Missile Crisis Overstreet flew the RF-101 fighter-bomber, known as the "Voodoo." Retired from the Air Force in 1964 as a Captain, having been awarded the Soldier's Medal, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and three Air Medals
Aircraft Accolades:
Served the C.A.P. during World War II
Vintage Airplane Magazine: October 1997
Oldest Cabin-type WACO at the 2023 WACO 100th Historical Society Fly-in
2022 AirVenture Antique Aircraft Award: Silver Age Outstanding Closed Cockpit Biplane