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Porterfield Aircraft - 3rd Factory Location

2457 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri This is also a photo taken in 1940 for tax assessment purposes. Advertising indicates Porterf…

Started by Brett Lovett

1 Jun 25, 2024
Reply by Andy Gelston

Defense Plant Corporation

Greetings fellow Porterfield admirers. Back in March, Andy posted about an LP-65 on Barnstormers. The ad called it a "warbird" because it w…

Started by Mark Shayne

4 Jun 25, 2024
Reply by Brett Lovett

Porterfield fuselage and wing identification, clues and markings?

I may soon be looking at a fuselage and wings that could be from a Porterfield 35 or a similar aircraft.  I'd appreciate any suggestions of…

Started by Brett Lovett

1 Jun 9, 2024
Reply by Brett Lovett

Porterfield Aircraft - 2nd Factory Location

2500 McGee Trafficway, Kansas City, MissouriThis photo was taken in 1940 for tax assessment purposes.Advertising indicates that Porterfiel…

Started by Brett Lovett

2 May 29, 2024
Reply by Brett Lovett

Porterfield Aircraft - 1st Factory Location

1328 Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri This photo was taken in 1940 for tax assessment purposes. Advertising indicates that Porterfield…

Started by Brett Lovett

3 May 17, 2024
Reply by Andy Gelston

Trevor has dropped the price of his Collegiate to $25K.

He posted this on Barnstormers.com on May 9th, but then in a May 14th posting he's back up to $27,500, so that means he'd probably accept $…

Started by Andy Gelston

0 May 17, 2024

Defense Plant Corporation

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Started by Mark Shayne

0 Apr 28, 2024

Porterfield Aircraft locations in Kansas City

At the request of Andy Gelston, here's a tibit of information about Porterfield Aircraft in Kansas City. These are the factory addresses th…

Started by Brett Lovett

2 Apr 8, 2024
Reply by Brett Lovett

Trim “jack screw” lube

Any advice for lubricating the  threaded portion of the trim adjustment under the pilots seat?  My A&P suggested silicone spray lube as…

Started by Mark Shayne

2 Apr 3, 2024
Reply by Mark Shayne

Inner Tube for Shinn/Firestone wheel 6C5HB

I need to replace the inner tubes in the 6.00x6 tires that are mounted on the Shinn 6C5HB wheels. Does anyone know if the Aero Classic TR-8…

Started by Mark Lawrence Storey

2 Mar 25, 2024
Reply by Mark Lawrence Storey

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