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Northwestern US FP-65 project for sale on Barnstormers.com $15K
1941 FP65 PORTERFIELD PROJECT • $15,000 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • 65 HP Franklin 0 SMOH…Continue
Started Sep 12
Pricey FP-65 on Barnstormers: $30K
1941 PORTERFIELD FP 65 • $30,000 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • 1941 Porterfield FP-65 Showpiece! Always…Continue
Started Aug 25
One Collegiate made it to Oshkosh! First one since the pandemic...
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Member Aaron Smokovitz and his bride, Eleanor, flew over the top Lake Michigan to attend Oshkosh '24. They parked along the fence, giving their old gal some great exposure to passersby as they camped…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Ahrens Aug 10.
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 $22K if you go up and perform a thorough pre-purchase, then…Continue
Started May 17
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"Welcome to our wee club for the skinny birds, Brian! There's a lot of info in the Forum and Blogs sections, as well as the Photos and Videos sections. We look forward to your sharing your Porterfield adventures with us."
Northwestern US FP-65 project for sale on Barnstormers.com $15K
1941 FP65 PORTERFIELD PROJECT • $15,000 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • 65 HP Franklin 0 SMOH Stewart Sys Covered Ready for Paint Beautiful bottom cowl Nearly Complete,Nice • Contact Rick Wood , Friend of Owner - located Cashmere, WA 98815 United States • Telephone: ---------- • Posted September 5, 2024See More
"Gadzooks, that's worn! Keystone's website is: http://keystoneinstruments.com/"
"Welcome to our wee club for the skinny birds, John! I see you bought old S/N 703 from Bobby Jones. There's a lot of info in the Forum and Blogs sections, as well as the Photos and Videos sections. We look forward to your sharing your…"
Pricey FP-65 on Barnstormers: $30K
1941 PORTERFIELD FP 65 • $30,000 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • 1941 Porterfield FP-65 Showpiece! Always Hangared. Registration Number N34746, Engine Hours 2877, Airframe Time 677 and Propeller Hours. Exterior Red and Yellow. Interior Red and Yellow. • Contact Rand Martin , Owner - located Redding, CA 96003 United States •…See More
"Welcome to or wee club for the skinny birds, Jim! Which model of Porterfield do you have? William Collins has a CP-50 he's restoring, north of you, in Tillar.
Andy"
"I don't recall my Porterfield tach having a mounting like that! That's pretty Rube Goldberg, but just reminds us that a lot of cobbling can happen over eight decades. Fortunately, we have many of the factory drawings available so we can…"
"Fantastic!
Great photos!
Thank you sharing!"
"The drawing for the jury struts has no horizontal brace tube. I don't recall a service bulletin about it, but there may be one. It's likely they were just added on over the years as a good idea...and they make great towel bars when…"
"Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
The Porterfield that introduced me to tailwheels (#791, NC32333) was also an LP-65 re-engined with a Continental. I've wondered about the counterweights. According to AD 44-4-3, they are only…"
One Collegiate made it to Oshkosh! First since pandemic...
Member Aaron Smokovitz and his bride, Eleanor, flew over the top Lake Michigan to attend Oshkosh '24. They parked along the fence, giving their old gal some great exposure to passersby as they camped under the wing. Members Dave and Rex stopped by to see what they could learn from ol' #847 to apply to their restorations. Many passing by had no idea what a Porterfield is, and Aaron and Eleanor proved to be good ambassadors for our type. Thank you both for sharing your lovely example of a…See More
"The bolt length looks correct, you want about 1/8" of vibration isolator showing. If you bought Superior isolators, expect them to crack around the edges, pronto. They're okay, they're just made of some compound that cracks along the…"
"Email me I have lots of pictures during the restoration all the bills on engine overhaul and work that was done"
"Thank you for this, Bill! Learning the history of Porterfield really helps us all appreciate our old girls that much more."
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- NC41VT, 1941 FP-65, S/N 875 Has a Franklin 90 installed by Angelo Forte, under a one-time STC, in the mid-50's, and has had the seaplane conversion done to it (would that make it a FS-90?). I just need a cheap set of Edo 1320's now!
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NC41VT and I are now back home in Vermont! How we got here...
I'm sitting in KMHT, writing this while waiting for my flight which should be wheels up in about 10 hours. I fly to Newark, then to Seattle, then to Great Falls, and should be wheels down at KHLN about midnight (about 31 hours from now). Hey, I live in New England! We can't get anywhere from here! 41VT is at Boulder (K3U9) Airport, about 25 miles south of Helena, MT. I'll buy a used bike Wednesday morning (I hope), and pedal on down to Boulder to start prepping myself and 41VT for our…
ContinuePosted on October 14, 2013 at 6:30am — 3 Comments
Ad for NC41VT, a FP-65 converted to a FS-90
DESCRIPTION: NC41VT is a 1941 FP-65, S/N 875, with an STC’d Franklin 90 installation, completed by Angelo Forte in the mid-50’s, turning a Flottorp wood prop. She has fresh Polyfiber covering and finish with the factory red and silver color scheme (ball with 2 stripes on each side). Medium weight fabric was used throughout, with heavy weight fabric used on the belly and lower surfaces of the horizontal stabilizers and elevators. The instrument panel is the deluxe version, made to…
ContinuePosted on July 23, 2013 at 9:30pm
Update on my '41 FP-65 project
After tinkering for over three years on my Collegiate, the novelty finally wore off for Pokey Gordon and he asked me to remove the old girl from his shop in Helena, MT. Club member Tim Talen, who has a hangar in Boulder, MT, about 30 miles south of Helena, came to the rescue and arranged for a Boulder friend of his to rent a truck and haul the project to his hangar.
Tim's is a master restorer who specializes in Interstate Aircraft. I restored an Interstate Cadet back in the 80's…
ContinuePosted on April 12, 2013 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments
Seen on Barnstormers: 1940 PORTERFIELD CP-65 for $25K
FOR SALE • 1940 PORTERFIELD CP-65 Collegiate $25,000 LSA Qualified. First Collegiate 499.9 SMOH. 5519.1 TT. Hangered since restoration in 1967. Flying Airplane. All logs Books available on PDF. Current annual good to 01/31/2014. Located at AJO. Corona municipal airport, CA USA. Telephone: Contact Eric 951-247-9541 • Contact…
ContinuePosted on March 3, 2013 at 1:10pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (51 comments)
- At 10:18pm on April 7, 2024,
Brett Lovett said…
Understood. Just in case it helps, I have been a member of this group in the past, and I'm not sure if my old membership might still be taking up a space. I believe it was under b.lovett@att.net, but I re-registered because I couldn't get signed into it to update my email address. (I was also on Chuck Lebrecht's mailing list many years ago.) If my old account is still here, please feel free to purge it.
- At 9:33am on December 31, 2023,
27259 is now in London OH. Still flying on what it should be 1800ft of grass.
- At 4:04pm on May 20, 2023,
Thanks for adding me to your group Andy! I'm interested in finding a Porterfield as I've lived my entire 53 years in the Kansas City area. A good friend of mine had a project when we were in A&P school but he never finished it before letting it go. Dave
- At 5:00am on February 20, 2023,
Danny R. Linkous said…
Thank you, Andy. That certainly clears up some of the mystery about front/rear seat solo flight in the Porterfield. The airplane I plan to purchase (John Elliott’s Collegiate) has had the little Lycoming 65hp engine replaced with a Continental C-85, which I imagine is heavier. With John’s help, I’ll be taking a close look at the W&B before I fly her.
- At 6:17am on February 19, 2023,
Thank you very much, Andy, for welcoming me to the club.
I have sat in both seats of the Porterfield. When I sat in the front seat, it reminded me of the two Dehavilland Chipmunks I owned. The instrument panel in the Chipmunk is very close to your face, also, though not as close as the panel in the Porterfield.
Regarding solo flight from the front seat…there are pictures and videos online of Porterfields being flown solo from the front and the back seat. I look forward to learning more about that mystery.
You asked what happened to my DH-1. I assume you mean my second DHC-1 Chipmunk, which was sold about 18 months ago to an individual who keeps it based on a grass field east of St. Louis. I replaced the Chipmunk with the aircraft that replaced the Chipmunk in RAF service as a primary trainer, the Scottish Aviation Bulldog. Nice airplane, but the little wheel in the back isn’t there…they put it up front, under the engine, and made it larger! Sacrilege!!! After 18 months of no tailwheel time (and really missing that kind of flying), I started looking for something with a tailwheel that was different from Cubs, Champs, etc. Since there were no Spitfires on the market at the time (that I could afford), I began searching for a Porterfield. Happy to say that I found one.
Again, thanks for the welcome. Looking forward to continuing my education regarding the skinny bird.
- At 6:43am on November 10, 2022,
Steve Ahrens said…
Hi Andy, is new member James Pollard a hacker?
- At 3:08pm on November 7, 2022,
NaHeMeKa said…
Thanks,
What'cha mean? Don't all engine heads have to be re-torqued every dozen hours? :)
- At 7:50pm on October 21, 2022,
Thanks, Andy, and thanks for letting me join!
I know very little about Porterfields and that tip about the Collegiate helps!
- At 10:51am on July 5, 2022,
Trevor Burns said…
I have a copy of a pilot manual and maintenance manual and that is it so any additional information you might have would be fantastic!
- At 10:44am on July 5, 2022,
Thanks a lot! Figured I would have to go that route, not a big deal but it’s always nice to find one on a shelf, one the the struts has some airworthy but ugly repairs which really takes away from the rest of the ground up restoration.
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