Waco model CTO-R, NX-5HX
To quote famous aviation writer and historian Budd Davisson in Flight Journal magazine:
"It was the first of the civilian super ships: an agile, fast beast that would eventually established itself as the dean of antique airplanes. It was a racer; an aerobat-the sportsman pilot's dream...
By 1928 Waco was well established as the manufacturer of stately, straight-wing biplanes, of which the Model 10 was the most notable. It was a good airplane but not an exciting airplane. Then Waco engineer and test pilot Charlie Meyers developed a set of highly tapered wing panels for it, and an icon was born. They added the new Wright Whirlwind J-5 engine, and the " Taperwing " (a name coined by it's public and later adapted by the factory) was on it's way..." More...
Photo by Erik Hildebrandt ©2001
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