Here she is - a proper candidate for our contest ‘FIRST REGISTERED ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD FLYING PLANE’. Although she qualifies, she’s a bit too young yet, - all the data available on the Internet shows this ‘Waco’ Model QCF-2, registered in the USA as ‘NC 1142′ was ‘born’ in 1931. So, she is just 77 year old ‘babe’.
Still a ‘way to go’ 
Following THIS LINK you can find some information about this plane’s restoration. Wonder if those guys in the ‘Rare Aircraft Ltd’ (to which site the link goes) have any grasp of the ‘100-year-old plane competition idea’.. And if so, they are, surely, a bunch of experts with a knowledge of much greater pool of candidates
Handsome forms, apparent vintage look, and meticulous craftsmanship were making this plane so conspicuous, that anybody walking by couldn’t help but stop to enjoy seeing its shining beauty.
I spent, perhaps, good 30 minutes walking around Waco, marveling at its fineness.
Among other watcher there were a few enthusiast of photography who stopped by, and did the same thing as myself..
This girl was so enchanted by the shining beauty of Waco, that during her ‘low-angle photo-session’ around it she appeared to be totally oblivious to what was going on around
Every detail demonstrated how superbly this Waco restoration project was carried off.
I marveled for a couple of minutes at the aeroplane’s control surfaces
Wonder how many man-hours of dedicated work it requires a week to keep polish on this aileron as shiny?
‘Shoes’ the plane wore were very ‘classy’, and reflecting ‘tastes’ of its designers who apparently kept up with the epoch’s trends
I took pictures of a couple of tags seen on the plane.
A manufacturer serial number plate dated ‘1931′ looked nevertheless as if it was printed yesterday
Manufacturer’s logo on both sides of the rear cockpit looked handsome too.
Actually, here were two Wacos sitting beside
I though of them though as of totally identical aircraft. However, you can read an info on the NC 11457 going to the site of aforementioned ‘Rare Aircraft Ltd’.
Here’s a picture of the NC 11457’s left board
Only after I had a more thorough look while working on this post, I had noticed some slight differences in color schemes on both
So, the more - the better: we’ve got two of them now - candidates for our contest
‘FIRST REGISTERED ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD FLYING PLANE’
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