Airplanes for Sale

Olde Thyme Aviation, Inc has been flying scenic biplane rides in delicious restored vintage aircraft for a full twenty five years now. While we certainly don’t anticipate closing up the business in the near term, it is becoming clear that we are aging and someday will want to be “winding down” a bit.

After we use a plane for a lengthy period of time, we have it totally restored to our personal expectations. However, prior to putting a plane back into service for rides, we offer it for sale to see if we can find an interested buyer. So, as you read below, you will find totally restored planes that have not been flown at all in the ride operation; fully restored planes that are currently in service, planes that are close to being taken out of service for restoration and planes that are in the restoration process in case anyone wants to “step in” at a crucial point where they can control the final finish (i.e. colors, etc.). Each plane has a unique story and set of circumstances. I attempt to explain how each plane was selected when we purchased it originally, whether it was for its specific history or the quality of workmanship at the time we bought it.

We always shop for planes based on the quality of the wood work, fabric and AIRFRAME. We do not shop for a plane based on its power plant as we assume automatically that whatever engine is on it, regardless of how it is represented, we will not fly it. For example, when we purchased the 1940 Waco UPF-7, we flew it to Salinas and pulled off the Continental Engine and replaced it with a newly rebuilt from Gold Coast Aviation simply because we have a personal knowledge of the workmanship, reputation and dependability that we can trust. The engine that we “scrapped” only had 45 hours on it, but we didn’t have personal knowledge of how it was built! We never fly an airplane with the power plant that it is represented with unless we have had it built to our own specs or had it taken apart by our own AI.

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WACO UPF-7 FOR SALE: 1940 NC30143

WACO UPF-7 1940 NC30143

1940 UPF-7 is a 1997 Rare Aircraft Restoration which won First Place Vintage Category at Oshkosh in 1997. A new RARE Aircraft UPF-7 restoration today costs over $ 300,000 dollars! It has the desired CPT background used in Lancaster California to train pilots whom went into the Air Corp to fight in the South Pacific. I have been the sole pilot on this plane since purchased in 1997. Used it for personal pleasure for first five years and then gradually worked it into the program at the Museum while I continued to be the only pilot. Never ground looped or damaged since restoration; always hangared–not a single night left outside. The plane has been used now for 22 years and shows some signs of drying on the dope finishes where the prop wash occurs at the trailing edges of the wings and on the back of the elevators. Can easily be addressed with some sanding and dedicated air brush work; overall is still very much a beauty. TTAF: 5296; Total Since Restoration: 1949 (hours used here are at last annual). Sensenich 98″ X64″ pitch round tip propeller

It has 250 Hrs SMOH on the engine with an NOS crankshaft installed at overhaul, roller bearings and new pistons. This engine was built by Air Repair and has a polished ignition harness front ring. This was a 35,000 premium engine due to the installation of the NOS crankshaft.

-complete photo history of restoration

$120,000 *

Cashier’s check only

*$ 5,000 to hold

Please call to discuss this plane only if you are a qualified buyer. We are too busy flying rides to take too much time to talk, although we’ll spend hours with the proper buyer who really wants to take care of this collectible. A text is best.

Cell – (206)-730-1412 Ask for Ken.

UPF-7 FOR SALE: 1942 NC39727

This plane was restored in 2004 by Tom Flock and Jerry Brown using new wings built by John Shue. It has only 500 hours on it since full restoration. In 2017, new fuel tanks were installed plus all forward wings were recovered by RARE AIRCRAFT in Minnesota. Yes, this is one of the three green and yellow planes that were restored by Tom Flock that many have “tracked and asked about.” One was shipped overseas and one was destroyed in a crash. When we acquired it with only 400 hours on it since full restoration, we changed out the regular Continental W-670 engine for a newly built W670-23 “constant speed” engine with a rare Hamilton Standard 2B20-9 propeller (0 time SMOH). The plane cruises 20 mph faster than the standard non cowled W-670 engine with all the benefits of the lower operating temperatures of the Continental and the economy of fuel (about 13 gph). The plane has since been flown about 80 hours and we mainly use it to attend the National Biplane Fly in, the American Waco Club Fly in and the National Waco Club Fly in. It is hangared in a heated dehumidified hangar in Wisconsin just south of Oshkosh. New radio and ADS-B out has been installed as well as a 406 ELT. Front seat is a single seat leather upholstered configuration. All told, we have 320,000 in hard dollars invested in this plane. The amount of money we have put into this plane makes it totally non-marketable at this price. Why? Well, for only 30,000 more, you can get a newly remanufactured UPF-7 at RARE aircraft whom we hold in the highest esteem as the “gold standard” for Waco UPF-7 restorations. We’ve backed the price of this plane down by $100,000 below what a new RARE Aircraft restoration costs to make it reasonable for what we are asking for this beauty. Own a plane with a history of Tom Flock, Jerry Brown, John Shue and RARE Aircraft all wrapped into one.

Asking Price: $ 259,000

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CABIN WACO FOR SALE: 1937 UKS-7 NC17721

This airplane is “one of a kind.” There were only two UKS-7 planes ever built by Waco. This is the only one remaining as a UKS-7. The other, which was built in 1939 was a UKS-7 which had it’s engine mount changed to a Jacobs engine mount in 1959. We actually have this other plane on site as well although it is a bare fuselage currently awaiting a full restoration. This plane has only 1550 hours on it since new and less than 200 hours on it since it was restored in 2003. It was featured in Sport Aviation Magazine at that time. Because of our affinity for the conversion of Cabin Wacos to the Continental W670-23 constant speed engine, we acquired this plane in 2012 for this purpose. We had a -23 engine that we had acquired earlier with only 19 hours SMOH. We installed an entire new firewall forward—including the firewall itself which we upgraded to stainless steel. We then also removed the Johnson bar braking system and upgraded to Cleveland wheels and brakes. We’ve also installed an ADSB out system and a 406 ELT. The propeller is a rare Hamilton Standard 2B20-9 freshly overhauled. We’ve found that the lighter weight Cabin Wacos with the constant speed Continental engines fly at the same speed as the heavier Jacobs YKS-7s (we own both) with fuel consumption savings of 3 gallons per hour and less heat coming through the firewall into the passenger compartment. The plane is set up with a throw over yoke column which we prefer. Currently located in Seattle, Washington.

Price: $ 125,000

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HAMILTON STANDARD PROPELLERS FOR SALE

Note: We do not buy propellers for investment or speculation. These are propellers we have bought for our own planes for use at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. As we have sold off our Travel Airs, one Cabin Waco and one Stearman, we are able to release extra propellers that we had purchased over the years and had overhauled for ourselves. What you see them listed at for sale is exactly what we have in them including original procurement cost plus the overhaul at either AC Propeller in Seattle or Northwest Propeller in Puyallup. A few of them were previously overhauled in which case they were “inspected” for us before purchase by NW Propeller.

2B20-15, polished, Zero Time full overhaul by AC Propeller-Seattle w/YT 9,000

2B20-15, painted, Zero Time Full overhaul by Northwest Propeller-Puyallup, WA w/YT 9,000.

2B20-9, painted, Zero Time Full overhaul by Northwest Propeller-Puyallup, WA w/YT 15,000

5006 Hub, Ground Adjustable Hub. Will hold 4350 blades or other models for use on 20 spline aircraft with max horsepower of 250 HP. $ 3,500.

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