Baby Ace C "Luscombe Pants"
A very nice Baby Ace 'C' Model
Here is a really nice Baby Ace 'C' Model. I guess you can tell that I am partial to the older 'C' models; especially the ones with wheel pants! This little Baby Ace appears to sport a fine set of aluminum Luscombe wheel pants (that are quite rare and expensive these days costing up to $600 each back in 1982 owing to supply and demand). I owned a Luscombe 8F with these aluminum wheel pants and had to have one repaired following a ground loop (there are two kinds of Luscombe pilots; the ones that have already ground looped one and the ones that will... motto... don't buy a Luscombe unless you are very well reheared in flying them - when I ground looped mine it was during a three point landing the first day I owned it on the way home with nearly 500 hours taildragger time. The FAA became sure that it was mostly the Luscombe's fault - not my fault - since I passed a proficiency check ride teaching the FAA designee the proper way to land a J-3 Cub). I will tell my entire Luscombe story on another page soon. If you are the owner or a pilot of this airplane please e-mail me with your story and I will try my best to post it here on this web site, Thanks, Guy Foster [The Baby Ace Man]
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A very nostalgic site! Putting gasoline in the airplane is always satisfying (once the bill is paid). The thing that I remember most about gasing up my airplane was the re-propping effort required away from the tie down. Most of the time I would just push my airplane over to the pumps for gas and then try to get someone to 'prop' me while I got in and held the brakes.
(Visit my page on hand propping a Baby Ace in this website by clicking here to see how I solved the problem when I was alone).
(Visit my page on hand propping a Baby Ace in this website by clicking here to see how I solved the problem when I was alone).
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The fueling facility finally closed at my airport in Tallulah, Louisiana (Scott Field) forcing me to fly to Vicksburg, Mississippi for my gasoline. By the time I got back I had used nearly 1/3 of my fuel. I ended up keeping an extra 5 gallon gas can filled with av gas on hand at the airport that I would transport from Vicksburg in my Piper J-3 Cub. Many a pilot coming through had need of that can of gasoline to continue thier voyage when they learned that no gasoline was availble at Scott. I would get calls day and night asking to use it (no one even thought of just taking my gasoline - pilots are always the most polite and sincere of friends). By the way, this is one of the nicest, cleanist panels I have seen in a Baby Ace. Also check out the windshield which is far superior to most I have seen on Ace airplanes! This is a high quality little ship.