Waco UBF 2
Specifications
- Year: 1933
- Make: Waco
- Model: UBF 2
- Wingspan: 30 ft
- Length Overall: 20 ft 6 in
- Number of Passengers: 3 pax
- Engine Manufacturer: Continental W670
- Horsepower: 210
- Propeller: Hamilton Standard Ground Adjustable
- Cruising Speed: 116mph
- Number Manufactured: 18
- Restored By: Joe Fleeman/ Woody Woodward/ Rob Lock
- Price at Production: $5,025.00
Words of Recognition
As I spent time in California, I wanted to bein the air flying over the beautiful scenery in what seems like perpetual sunshine. I needed another Waco biplane and decided either a UPF 7 or QCF 2 would be just the ticket. In fact, I began to wonder if I might collect all of the Waco F series biplanes of the 1930’s?
Looking at several QCF examples Barry (the owner of a QCF 2 himself) told me he’d rather I found a UBF 2 as they had bigger vertical fins and got out of spins more easily. That was a needle in a haystack proposition for sure but the very next week I ran across a …READ MORE
Awards
- Sun N Fun 2023 Silver Age Champion Antique
- Airventure 2023 Silver Age Outstanding Open Cockpit Biplane
Why this Waco UBF 2?
- The history of this plane is unusual not because of the exploits it undertook in its heyday, or the fame of its original owner, but because of the number of hands it passed through before it was finally complete. A couple of bankrupt business men, a loan to noted restorer of antique airplanes Forrest Lovley who used it as patterns to help build or restore a number of other Wacos, a stand off with the IRS, a partial restoration…READ MORE
