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In 1947, twenty-five years after the construction of their first aircraft, the Waco Company of Troy, Ohio unveiled the unconventional Aristo-Craft or Model W. This four-place, high-wing cabin monoplane featured a 215 hp Franklin air-cooled engine, semi-retracting tricycle landing gear and a tail-mounted propeller in a pusher configuration. Only one was ever built and the aircraft did not receive an Aircraft Type Certification. The Aristo-Craft was the last aircraft produced by Waco.

 Identifier

NASM.1998.0015

Creator

Waco Aircraft Company

Date

1947

Provenance

Terrence O'Neill, unknown, 1997, 1998-0015, unknown

Extent

5.03 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box) (4 legal document boxes) (55 rolled drawings))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Arrangement note

Box 1 includes: Numerical drawing list for Model W Aristo-Craft, Change orders 50015-50079, 50104-50180, 50181-50250, 50251-50300, 50301-50400 and 50401-50500. Box 2 includes: Change orders 50501-50600, 50601-50800, 50801-51000, 51001-[56224] and 8414-49252. Size 'A' obsolete drawings. Box 3 includes: Change orders S and SK and drawings 50014-50039, 50101-50200 and 50201-50300. Box 4 includes: Drawings 50301-50400, 50401-50500, 50501-50600 and 50701-50800. Box 5 includes: Drawings 50801-50900, 51100-51200, 51201-51300 and 51301-51400.

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Topics

Waco W Aristocraft

Aircraft industry

Aircraft industry -- United States

Airplanes

Aeronautics, Commercial

Aeronautics

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