Pheasant Run Airport Aircraft Listing

Photo	Name	Manufacturer	Date	Registration	Notes
	Aeronca Champ 7AC	Aeronca Aircraft Middletown, OH	1946	N1255E	This airplane has flown over 10,650 hours, mostly as an Army trainer. The engine is a 65hp Continental A-65-8.
	Aeronca L16 L-16	Aeronca Aircraft Middletown, OH	1946	N81760	The L-16 was originally an Army Trainer which was later redesigned for civilian use. In 1996, Charles Reed restored this one to its original military configuration. The military L-16s were used in Korea, Vietnam, and Alaska. It has an 86hp Continental C-85-12 engine.
	Baby Great Lakes	Lou Murtha, Richard Becker Pierpont, OH	1968	N6067	Richard Becker, a well-known local pilot and air race participant, welded the primary structure. It was completed and flown by Lou Murtha, a P-51 fighter pilot in World War II. The aircraft is powered by a 65hp Continental A-65-8F engine.
	Barnard New Standard D-31	Barnard Aircraft Syracuse, NY	1941	NC29090	This New Standard is the only one ever built because the Barnard Company went out of business when the Army did not grant it a contract. The airplane was resstored by Pete DiRenzo, a Cleveland area pilot. The engine is a 135hp Kinner B-5.
	Beech C45 (JRB)	Beech Aircraft Corp. Wichita, KS	1951, 1952	N87689 & N87692	Chuck acquired these two aircraft from the former Benjamin O. Davis Aviation High School in Cleveland, OH. Some restoration was done at Pheasant Run. Both aircraft were donated to the Grimes Flying Lab Foundation of Urbana, OH. Read the story of Chuck's First Beech and the Two Beech Aircraft.
	Bowers Fly Baby Bi-plane	Smokovitz, Detroit MI	1975	N747X	Peter Bowers, a Boeing designer and chief engineere, created the design for this homebuilt aircraft. It has an 85hp Continental C-85-12 engine.
	CGS Hawk Tandem 2012CAJ503	Joles Geneva, OH	2012
	Corbin Baby Ace
	Fleet Model 2				2008 story of accident
	Fokker Tri-Plane Dr.I	Charles Woerner Geneva, OH	1967	N1917W	This is a replica of a WWI German tri-plane fighter aircraft best known as the plane flown by the "Red Baron". It was seen in "The Restorers". A 220hp Continental W670-6A engine powers this replica.
	SE-5A S.E.5	Howard Shelton S/N 4-1074 Cedar Edge, CO	1974	N1917S	This is a reproduction of the most successful fighter used by the British in WWI. It is powered by a 150hp Franklin S-4 engine. It appeared in "The Restorers", and "von Richthofen and Brown".
	Interstate L6 (Cadet) S1B1L-6	Interstate Manufacturing El Sequndo, CA	1942	N3661Z	This airplane was General George Patton's personal aircraft used in World War II for observation purposes. It was sometimes armed with bazookas and grenades. It's powered by a 118hp Lycoming O-235 engine.
	Junkers CL.I S-2A	Snow Aeronautical Texas	1960	N9426R	This is one of three replicas built for the movie industry. The original CL.I was a German Air Force two-seat ground attach & escort fighter in WWI. It had three 7mm machine guns with two forward firing and one in a rear turret. It was one of the first all metal monoplanes and had no wing exterior bracing. The engine is a 250hp Continental W-670-240.
	Luscombe 8A Silvaire 8A	Luscombe	1948	N45527
	Meyers OTW OTW Out to Win	Meyers Aircraft Company Tecumseh, MI	1943	N34356	The OTW ("Out to Win") was used a military trainers. Meyers Aircraft Company built 101 of these in Tecumseh, Michigan; this one is #101. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe sat in this bi-plane for the filming of The Misfits. It has a 165hp Kinner R-56 engine.
	Midget (Bushby) Mustang	Joseph Vogt S/N 152 Geneva, OH	1968	N9151	This homebuilt aircraft is designed for high-speed sport flying. It was acquired in 2011 and Chris Joles made several modifications to the design. It is powered by an 85hp Continental engine.
	Miles & Atwood Special	Lee Miles S/N 641 Tulsa, OK	1933	N225Y	This is a replica of the airplane thatn Lee Miles raced successfully from 1933 until 1936, when he had a fatal crash in Cleveland. This replica was in "The Restorers". It's powered by a 150hp Menesco C-45 Super Pirate engine.
	Piper J3 Cub	Piper Aircraft Co. Lockhaven, PA	1946	N6538H	The Piper Cub is considered an icon in aviation because so many early pilots learned to fly in this aircraft. Ernest Hemingway's fondness for the Cub helped establish his popularity. The engine is a 65hp Continental A-65-8-F.
	Piper J5
	Ryan ST3-W	Ryan Aeronautical Hemut, CA	1942	N53072	The ST3-Ws were used as World War II Army trainers. The high degree of skill needed for thee planes made them excellent transitional trainers for pilots progressing to larger aircraft. This aircraft appeard in the documentary "The Restorers". It is powered by a 175hp Warner Super Scarab engine.
	Smith Miniplane DSA-1	Niebacker, Charles Reed Madison, OH	1966	N60CR	This homebuilt is designed for aerobatic sport flying with a 65hp Continental C-65-8 engine.
	Titan Tornado II D94912C0HK007	Joles	2013	N10CAJ

Some photos and text from 2013 Lake Erie College Pheasant Run Airport calendar.