Arrowing Chummy

Taylor B-2 [NC492] (Frank Rezich coll)

B-2 Chummy 1930 (ATC 2-114) = A-2 with 100hp Kinner K-5. POP: 5, included 2 rebuilds [5E, 314W, NC492, X140E=NC592V, 2542]; aka B-2 Arrowing.

Taylor C-2 [7303]

C-2 1929 = 2pChwM; 90hp Kinner K-5; span: 34'0" length: 22'6". POP: perhaps 7 [7303, et al]. One was modified with a seven-degree, variable-incidence wing for entry in the Guggenheim Safe Airplane Competition.

Taylor E-2 [NC14346] with AR-3 and [NC15370] with A-40 (Frank Rezich coll)
Taylor E-2 Prototype [NC10547] with C G Taylor and company pilot Bud Havens

E-2 Cub 1931 (ATC 455, 2-358) = 2pOhwM; 40hp Continental A-40; span: 35'3" length: 23'3" load: 400# v: 80/68/28 range: 205. $895 less motor; $1,325 with A-40; $1,495 with optional 40hp Aeromarine AR-3; POP: 14 under (2-358) and 337 under (455). Prototype [10547] had 40hp Salmson AD-9, replacing a 20hp Brownback Tiger Kitten that proved to be underpowered.

F-2 Cub 1934 (ATC 525) = 2pOhwM; 40hp Aeromarine AR-3; span: 35'3" length: 22'0" load: 405# v: 85/75/30 range: 240, or 40hp Continental A-40; length: 22'5" load: 407# v: 85/70/29 range: 195. Open-sided cabin with optional side panels. $1,470; POP: about 30.

G-2 Cub 1934 = F-2 with 40hp Taylor T-50 experimental motor, POP: 1 [14756], rebuilt as H-2 in 1935.

H-2 Cub 1935 (ATC 572) = 2pOhwM; 35hp Szekely SR-3; span: 35'3" length: 22'0" load: 406# v: 80/72/30 range: 215. Open-sided cabin with optional side panels. $1,425; POP: at least 4.

Taylor J-2S minus its floats [X16395] (Frank Rezich coll)

J-2, -2S Cub 1936 (ATC 595, 2-533) = 2pChwM; 40hp Continental A-40; span: 35'3" length: 22'5" load: 407# v: 87/70/30 range: 200. $1,470; $1,270 in 1938; POP: 550 built by end of 1936. (2-533) superseded by (595). J-2S was prototype with EDO pontoons [X16395]. After a devastating factory fire in Mar 1937 only 658 Cubs were built that year; total more than 1,200 built by July 1937, at which time production was taken over by Piper Aircraft and the name changed.

Loomis Special (North Star) 1926 = 3pO/ChwM; 120hp Anzani; span: 40'0" length: 24'0". A redesign by C G Taylor of another plane for barnstormer Jack Loomis (Taylor's flight instructor). Steel tube fuselage, Clark-Y wing. 2p cabin under wing, pilot and passenger in open cockpit. POP: 1 [2594], crashed in Aug 1927, rebuilt as 4pOhwM with 135hp Hallett and reregistered [2954]. Unique features on this plane would be used in future Taylor products, so it was awarded c/n 2, right after the Jenny mentioned in the first entry.

Special 1928 = 4pM; 180hp Hisso. Two were ordered by a Mr Wuriman and a Mr Bishops, but only one was finished, and that eventually sold to a George Kallfelz [7698].

  Taylorcraft A [NC19866] (Dan Shumaker coll)

-Young Model A (Alliance) 1936 (ATC 643, 2-529) = 2pChwM; 40hp Continental A-40; span: 36'0" length: 22'0" load: 420# v: 91/80/32 range: 240. $1,495; $1,595 in 1938; POP: 606; prototype [X16393] c/n 25, [NC15757/15763, NC15776, NC18301/18347, NC18349/18373, NC19000/19099, NC19600/19699, NC19800/19818, NC19821/19895]. The birth of Taylorcraft came in early 1936 when city fathers offered C G Taylor the old Hess-Argo factory rent-free in order to encourage new industry. William C Young entered the picture as a partner in Apr 1937, and city support was dramatically demonstrated in late 1937 in the sale to townspeople of more than 35,000 shares of company stock for needed capital. Prototype was built by Taylor Aviation Co under (2-529) and subsequent planes by Taylor-Young Airplane Co under (ATC 643). With company reorganization in 1938 it gained a "craft" and the Taylor-Young A became known and advertised as Taylorcraft A.

Taylorcraft 15

16 1946 = All-metal 15. POP: 1.

18 1950 = 4pChwM; 130hp Lycoming O-290; span: 36'0" length: 21'9" load: 620# v: 110/100/38. Flapped and slotted wing, greenhouse cabin. POP: 1 modified BC-12D [N6678N] for unsuccessful military evaluation.

20 Ranch Wagon, Ag Topper (Collinsville) c.1951 (TC 3A3) = Repowered, specialized versions of 15, the latter as crop sprayer. TC issued 5/12/55, for 208hp Continental O-470-A and 225hp O-470-J.

47 1947 = Postwar DC with 65hp Continental C-65; span: 36'0" length: 22'0" load: 440# v: 105/97/38 range: 380. $2,500.

A (1938) SEE Taylor-Young A.

Taylorcraft BC-12 Perú [OB-FAG] (Sergio de la Puenta coll)

BC 1938 (ATC 696) = 2pOhwM; 50hp Continental A-50; span: 36'0" length: 22'0" load: 468 v: 97/88/35 range: 275. Optional 65hp A-65; load: 510 v: 105/95/38 range: 250). $1,495-1,565; POP: see BL.

  Taylorcraft BC-12-D [N43809] (Eddie Coates coll)

BC-12 Deluxe 1941 (ATC 696) = 65hp Continental A-65; span: 36'0" length: 22'0" load: 470# v: 105/95/35 range: 375. POP: see BL-12. Postwar versions were reintroduced in 1946 as BC-12-D Standard and Deluxe Traveller with 65-85hp Continentals. Last production version, as F-22 by Taylorcraft-Ruckle of Lock Haven PA, had a list price of $34,110 in 1991.

BF-12 Deluxe 1941 (ATC 699) = 65hp Franklin 4AC. POP: see BL-12.

BF-12-65 (L-2K), BFS-12-65 194? = 65hp 4AC-176-B2, added elevator trim tab.

BF-50 194? = 60hp 4AC-171.

BF-60, BFS-40 194? = 60hp 4AC-171.

BF-65. BFS-65 194? = 65hp 4AC-176-B2.

BL-12 Deluxe 1941 (ATC 700) = 65hp Lycoming O-145. POP total Deluxe: 4,314, including export deliveries. In England, from 1953 to 1968, Taylorcraft Ltd produced 798 B models as civil Auster Autocrat and military Auster VI, plus 1,150 other models, until the end of production in 1968.

BLS-50 194? = 60hp 4AC-17.

DF 1941 (ATC 746) = 2pChwM; 65hp Franklin 4AC. POP: see next.

DL 1941 (ATC 746) = 2pChwM; 65hp Lycoming O-145. POP: total 2,348 D models, of which 2,119 to USAAF as L-2 and O-57. In England, Taylocraft Ltd built 822 D models as Auster AOP-1 Mk III (130hp Cirrus Major) and IV/V (125hp Lycoming O-290).

  Taylorcraft L-2A & L-2M [42-35927 & 43-26402] (Peter Bowers coll)

L-2, O-57 1941 = DC and DL as USAAF liaison—L-2A with open cowling, L-2M with closed cowling—and observation as O-57. SEE previous.

Sportsman 1952 = 2pChwM; 85hp Continental C-85 36'0" length: 22'0" v: 120/110/40. Three models offered as Standard, Custom, and Deluxe.