N11490

My father soloed in this Waco at the age of 16 in 1938 out of Monrovia Airport in Southern California and he is trying to see if it is still in service and if there are any photos of it. Please help if you can.

Thank you.

You might try contacting the present owner in Minot, North Dakota. Name and address are on the FAA registry. Go to www.faa.gov and on the aircraft link enter the N number without the N to see.

You might try contacting the present owner in Minot, North Dakota. Name and address are on the FAA registry. Go to www.faa.gov and on the aircraft link enter the N number without the N to see.

Yes, I just found the owner and address via the search you recommended.

I'm new to this type of search so it took a bit of digging.

Thanks for the reply.

You might try contacting the present owner in Minot, North Dakota. Name and address are on the FAA registry. Go to www.faa.gov and on the aircraft link enter the N number without the N to see.

Oh and I forgot to ask something:

My father's log book list this as NC11490. Am I to assume that the tail number would drop the "C"?

Aircraft of that era were originally registered by the then CAA with additional prefixes after the N for USA registered aircraft, such as NC, NR or NX. Your father's logbook would use NC then. These older aircraft originally registered with a dual letter prefix can retain it as such aircraft may be recovered and refinished, but use just the "November" for N---- with initial radio call up to a airport with a control tower.

In accessing an N registration, or NC or NX, etc on the FAA website-only enter the numeric/s and any subsequent alpha's in the N number, NOT the initial alpha/s. Example: N503UM would be entered as 503UM to see the registration information. I took my FAA check ride in N503UM many years ago.

Aircraft of that era were originally registered by the then CAA with additional prefixes after the N for USA registered aircraft, such as NC, NR or NX. Your father's logbook would use NC then. These older aircraft originally registered with a dual letter prefix can retain it as such aircraft may be recovered and refinished, but use just the "November" for N---- with initial radio call up to a airport with a control tower.

In accessing an N registration, or NC or NX, etc on the FAA website-only enter the numeric/s and any subsequent alpha's in the N number, NOT the initial alpha/s. Example: N503UM would be entered as 503UM to see the registration information. I took my FAA check ride in N503UM many years ago.

I found it!

Now owned by Warren Pietsch.

Thanks for the very good photo!

If you want to see all WACO QCF registrations on this site, go to the Home Page near bottom and click on Search Aircraft by Model. Then enter WACO QCF to see all registrations. I photographed one at Oshkosh EAA AirVenture in 2008, N11424, registered in Minnesota. The factory built 34 QCF models in 1931 and 23 in 1932. The three-place QCF had a 165 Hp Continental radial and evolved from the 1930/31 RNF. They were built concurrent with the QDC, and differed mainly by a new landing gear and airfoil, with outstanding short field performance.

Thanks for the very good photo!

If you want to see all WACO QCF registrations on this site, go to the Home Page near bottom and click on Search Aircraft by Model. Then enter WACO QCF to see all registrations. I photographed one at Oshkosh EAA AirVenture in 2008, N11424, registered in Minnesota. The factory built 34 QCF models in 1931 and 23 in 1932. The three-place QCF had a 165 Hp Continental radial and evolved from the 1930/31 RNF. They were built concurrent with the QDC, and differed mainly by a new landing gear and airfoil, with outstanding short field performance.

Excellent. Thank you much.