General Information

Serial #

1521

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND WOOD FRAME; LINEN FUSELAGE, WINGS AND TAIL; RUBBER TIRES; LEATHER SEATS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

7.2 m

Width

9.3 m

Height

2.7 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Advance

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

BUILT IN 1928; REBUILT IN 1977; ARRIVED AS A LOAN TO NAM ON JUNE 12, 2000

Canada

THE OWNERS OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE LEAVENS BROTHERS, BECAME ONE OF CANADA'S LARGEST SERVING AVIATION CO., AND IS ALSO ONE OF CANADA'S OLDEST AVIATION CO.

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On mid-fuse reads: "LEAVENS BROS AIR SERVICE/ C-GAFD"/ Below cockpit: "[wing logo] WACO/ AIRPLANES/ THE ADVANCE AIRCRAFT COMPANY"/ On wings reads: "C-GAFD"/ Plate belowcockpit: "THIS AIRCRAFT IS SIMILAR TO WACO 10, CF-AFD, OPERATED/ BY LEAVENS BROS. IN THE EARLY THIRTIES FOR BARNSTORMING/ THROUGHOUT EASTERN CANADA. IT HAS BEEN RESTORED AND/ FLEW IN 1977 TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY/ OF LEAVENS BROS. INVOLVEMENT IN CANADIAN AVIATION. IT IS/ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ART, CLARKE AND WALT - THE/ PIONEERS AND JOHN WHO CONCEIVED AND INITIATED THIS PROJECT."

Missing

N/A

Finish

RED FUSELAGE/ SILVER WINGS & HORIZONTAL TAILPLANE

Decoration

MFR'S LOGO INCORPORATES THE OUTLINE OF WINGS