Bill Barber's CW-22

[DaveM2]

Does anyone have some history of this aircraft which is now owned by Kermit?

TIA
Dave

[astixjr]

Dave,

I think there is a person at Creve Coeur Airport who had some history on Barber's plane that's now with Kermit. I might be getting things mixed up with an old friend in Tucson but I'll make some calls today. The CW-22 is the plane used on the Missouri Aviation Historical Society's logo so as you can imagine, it is near and dear to our heart, wish we had one on display! I've been digging for info and photos on Evergreen's ex-Casey Lambert CW and have located some interesting photos for you. I will scan at high resolution in tif and jpg format and send you a remote download link this evening. I will also put out an email blast to the MOAHS members to see what else I can find.

[b747cf]

Here is the Cw-22 at Weeks.



Mark Fidler

[DaveM2]

Thanks Albert...... standing by.

Nice shot Mark

cheers
Dave

[astixjr]

Hmmm.....last attempt at posting failed. Let's try again. Here are two very low quality images from low quality negatives that I found in my father in law's files. I suspect that these are both images of Casey Lambert's CW-22 that is now with Evergreen. I don't know how many "civilian" CW-22s they built before the U.S. entered WWII and I don't know if Barber's CW-22 was a SNC or not. I have a few images of Kratz Field here in St. Louis taken after WWII that appear to show Lambert's CW-22 parked on the ramp or near the main hangar. I supposed those images may show a surplus Navy SNC but since Casey Lambert and Dave Kratz were close friends, I'm pretty sure the plane is Lambert's.

[dxlyj]

Barber's airplane is an SNC-1. I have a lot of stick time in it. OK, so it was while it was sitting in the hangar he and my dad shared at Young Field (http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MI/Air ... MI_SE.html).
DL

[JohnB]

There used to be one in California...Santa Paula, IIRC. I remember it sticking its nose out of a hangar in a automobile magazine ad in the 80s (a Buick, IIRC).

Anyone else recall that?

[debofish]

My dad, Bob Randall, worked for 2 years on Bill Barber's Curtiss Wright Falcon. He finished it in 1962 at Young Field Airport in Ann Arbor, MI. He did most of the restoration, and painted it "Bolero Red" a Dupon product. I have a photo that was taken right after the plane passed the FAA inspection in '62. I don't know how to post the picture here.

[dxlyj]

My dad, Bob Randall, worked for 2 years on Bill Barber's Curtiss Wright Falcon. He finished it in 1962 at Young Field Airport in Ann Arbor, MI. He did most of the restoration, and painted it "Bolero Red" a Dupon product. I have a photo that was taken right after the plane passed the FAA inspection in '62. I don't know how to post the picture here.

PM sent