Waco YKS 6
Specifications
- Year: 1936
- Make: Waco
- Model: YKS 6
- Wingspan: 33 ft 3 in
- Length Overall: 25 ft 4 in
- Number of Passengers: 5 pax
- Engine Manufacturer: Jacobs L-4
- Horsepower: 275 hp
- Propeller: Hamilton Standard 2B20
- Cruising Speed: 130 mph
- Number Manufactured: 8
- Restored By:
Words of Recognition
I never wanted a Waco cabin. While I think they are beautiful planes they were just never something I envisioned adding to my collection.
One day I was as Sonoma Valley Airport looking for a hangar when I spotted a red biplane wing through an open hangar door. I wandered over to the hangar and met retired United Captain John Reed, his wife Carol and hangar partners Woody and Mike. I asked John about the Waco and we had a great time getting acquainted and admiring his plane which he’d had restored over twenty years earlier. Every time I was in northern California I stopped by to visit and the cabin began…READ MORE
Why this Waco YKS 6?
Like so many of my planes it’s a story of friendship. I was looking for a hangar and found a new friend John Reed. And I discovered his Waco cabin along the way and was first intrigued then slightly obsesses with it. It’s a time capsule. A brand new restoration with 24 years of sitting and not flying much. I haven’t rerestored it as much as cleaned it up and brought it back to the condition John dreamed of when he and Russ Harmouth were restoring it….READ MORE
