Waco QCF-2
NC-11457 s/n 3540

We are pleased for the opportunity to offer for sale one of our most recent restorations, and particularly pleased because it is the fabled Waco model F-2.
In the Waco world, the F-2 is in a league of its own. This affectionately revered Waco has delighted pilots for 7 decades and is arguably the quintessential Waco experience.
The F-2 is quite simple, yet elegant in its operation and appearance. It is quick off and onto the runway with no prolonged rollouts, where most incidents occur, and there is a light, balanced feel to the controls in all modes of flight.
The extreme rarity of this model, coupled with its legendary performance, makes it a perfect fit for the description…”Rare and Desirable”.
The Waco slogan was “Ask any pilot”. Ask anyone that has flown an F-2 and you’ll hear a description that could be mistaken for a schoolboy love affair!

The airframe has literally been remanufactured to new but original standards. Original parts were used wherever possible, and what had to be fabricated was done precisely to original Waco factory prints.
The spirit of the restoration has been to keep the appearance of the airplane as a sincere representation of its 1931 persona...while also bringing it operationally into the new millennium. In order to display the 1931 originality (reference the original Waco Sales Record):

• The paint style selected was that of the original factory style for the Waco QCF-2.
• The instruments were restored to original, with faces identical to factory original.
• Installation of the Hamilton Standard 5131 propeller, which was original to the type. The Curtiss-Reed had not yet been certificated.
• A gas welded fuselage, slavishly true to original QCF.
  In addition...
• Stainless steel hardware was used wherever possible. Other hardware was re-plated to clear (silver) cad plate as used in 1931. Cottered nuts used wherever possible.
• The original Pioneer pitot/static mast was duplicated.
• The front cockpit kept without instruments.
• Original new/old stock Grimes position lights installed, complete with original true green lens on the right vs the common later blue/green.
  To bring the utility and safety of the airplane to current standards:
• Garmin 250XL GPS/Com, GTX327 Xpdr/encoder
• 3-place intercom with Bose headset jacks.
• JPI FS-450 fuel monitor, interfaced with GPS.
• Hooker 5-point harnesses front & rear.
• Brakes in front cockpit.
• Cleveland wheels & brakes.

The Silver Age Champion trophy was awarded to N11457 at Sun’n Fun ’06. If you are interested in the ultimate in open cockpit sport biplanes you really must see this airplane in person. This is sometimes an overused statement, but in this case it’s eminently true. No matter how nice the photos, they don’t do justice to the genuine article.