Wheels & Wings 2008, Osceola, WI

Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:49 pm

On Saturday I went over to Osceola, WI for Motorbooks' annual Wheels & Wings event. I didn't expect much to show up given that the Minnesota Wing of the CAF was holding their open house on the same day. I was pleasantly surprised when 2 N3Ns and an L-13 showed up.

L-19 N119AJ

L-13A 46-163

N3N-3 BuNo 2660

N3N-3 2734

And a few vintage photos...

Travel Air 4000

Cessna 140

Cessna 170

Mullicoupe

Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:00 am

Pirate Air painted the "51" N3N-3 this spring. Thanks for posting!

Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com

Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:02 am

Awesome aircraft

Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:22 pm

I really like the L-13. Where's it from?

Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:26 pm

A Monocoupe and a Franklin powered L-13, now thats special.

Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:31 pm

Don was having a float built for the N3N. Am surprised to still see it has wheels.

Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:04 pm

I watched the L-13 and N3N depart from Anoka County-Blaine Airport, Saturday morning.

--Eric

Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:37 pm

adflyer wrote:I really like the L-13. Where's it from?

The L-13 is based at Anoka. I'll have to dig through my photos and see if it is the same one I saw there a few year back, I believe there are 2 on the field.

Liza wrote:Don was having a float built for the N3N. Am surprised to still see it has wheels.

I've seen the center float out at the museum, any idea if Don has the outriggers? I've never seen them.

Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:30 am

Don had a gentleman helping with the float. He got married and moved away. Don has also been working on a French plane he bought. Perhaps the float project has been put on hold. May need to stop in one of these days.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:34 pm

I believe that is one of Jim Younkin's Mullicoupes, not an original Monocoupe.

Chris

Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:11 pm

You are correct....not a Monocoupe!

Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:02 am

F3A-1 wrote:Pirate Air painted the "51" N3N-3 this spring. Thanks for posting!

Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com

Guess then you could answer...............Is that a landing light in the lower left wing where the red is????

Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:03 am

Liza wrote:Don was having a float built for the N3N. Am surprised to still see it has wheels.

Was this float from scratch or being rebuilt????????

Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:18 am

Don's N3N does have a retractable landing light under the left lower wing in the red band.

Don lives about 3 miles from me on a lake, so he is anxious to finish the repairs to his original center float which had mostly hanger, or "dock" rash. I saw it about a week ago in his garage and I guess its about 1/3 reskinned. His sponsons are with a shop in southern MN.

Pirate Lex
http://www.BrewsterCorsair.com

Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:12 pm

Not that I'm complaining, but you said wings and "Wheels" right?

Where are cars? Or are the wheels you speak of, the ones attached to the airplanes?

What kinds of cars showed up?

Cheers,

David