Curtiss-Wright 12 – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:01:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Curtiss-Wright 12 – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Curtiss-Wright 12W flies again after 67 years https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/08/29/curtiss-wright-12w-flies-again-after-67-years/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/08/29/curtiss-wright-12w-flies-again-after-67-years/#respond Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3097 Similar to the 12W, aCurtiss-Wright Travel Air CW-12Q (G-AAOK) at the Great Vintage Flying Weekend rally at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England in 2009. (Photo Adrian Pingstone)

Similar to the 12W, a Curtiss-Wright Travel Air CW-12Q (G-AAOK) at the Great Vintage Flying Weekend rally at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England in 2009. (Photo Adrian Pingstone)

Test pilot Jimmy Rollison recently made the first flight of Brian Meuser’s 1931 Curtiss-Wright Travel Air 12W. It took eight years to complete the restoration of the aircraft, which had not flown since 1949.

Photos and more details can be found on Antique Airfield.

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