Old Rhinebeck Museum and Airshow, Rhinebeck, New York |
| We toured the museum, and took flights in one of the New Standard D-25s, the day before the airshow, and came back for the show itself - a very American version of a Shuttleworth show!
Old Rhinebeck was founded in 1959 by Cole Palen (1925-1993), and the first show was held in 1960. It has since become a national institution, with shows every weekend thoughout the Summer season. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeromarine-Klemm AKL-26A | N320N |  |
"Blotka 2". Aeromarine-Klemm was a US company. Made Klemm designs and developed its own versions such as this. |
| Aeronca C-3 | N17447 |
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Yes - it is black on the right and yellow on the left! |
| Albatros D.Va replica | N12156 |
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Built by Cole Palen and friends in 1975. |
| The Albatros and the Spad |  |
Mock dogfight | |
| American Champion 7GCBC | N461BG |
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Show visitor |
| American Champion 8KCAB | N225AC |
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Show visitor |
| American Eagle A129 | N513H |
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The A129, designed by Giuseppe Bellanca, was the most popular type produced by the American Eagle Aircraft Corporation started by Edward E Porterfield. |
| Avro 504K replica | N4929 |
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A Viv Bellamy machine, built in 1966 as G-ATXL and came to the USA in 1971. |
| Bleriot XI 'Cross Country' | N99923 |  |
1911 original built by the American Aeroplane Supply House. Note the long range fuel tank under the forward fuselage. |
| Bleriot XI | N60094 7 |
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About one third of the 1909 original. "The oldest flying aircraft in the US, and the second oldest in the world." |
| Brunner-Winkle Bird CK | N850W |  |
A Model C with a Kinner B-5 engine - designed for joy flights and used for many years at Old Rhinebeck. |
| Caudron G.III | N3943P C.1077 |
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It taxied, but the breeze was too strong for a flight |
| Curtiss JN-4H Jenny | N3918 |
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'US Navy A-6226' Restored from a wreck by Cole Palen. Hispano-Suisa 150hp engine |
| Curtiss Pusher Model D replica | N68014 |
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Replica built in 1976 with a 1911 Hall-Scott engine from the Smithsonian. |
| Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior | NC605EB (N605EB) |
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1930s design originally called the Curtiss-Robinson CR-1 Skeeter. Around 270 built. |
| De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth | N3529 |
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'G-ACDB'. Ex PG647, F-BGDH. |
| Deperdussin racer replica | N8448 |
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Built by Cole Palen in 1974-5 from his studies of the original in Paris. |
| Dickson Primary | N5666 |  |
The Cloudcraft Dixon Primary glider was a British design, first flown in 1930, designed to be built from plans. This seems to have been built in 1969. |
| Fairchild 24H | N19129 |  |
Cole Palen gave this to his wife Rita as a present. |
| Fleet Finch 16B (Finch II) | NC666J (N666J) |
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Built in 1941. Ex Royal Canadian Air Force 4498, NC39631 (N39631) |
| Fleet Finch 16B (Finch II) replica | N9056L |
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Built in 2000. Not owned by Old Rhinebeck. |
| Fokker D.VII replica | N70814 |
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The last plane that Cole Palen built that he saw fly. A very accurate replica with an original Mercedes engine. |
| Fokker Dr.1 Triplane replica | N3221 |
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Cole Palen built this in 1967. |
| Fokker Dr.1 Triplane replica | N220TP |
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| Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 | N707RM |
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Built in 1976. 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming IO-360 engine. |
| Great Lakes 2T-1MS | N304Y |  |
1930s model with a 125 hp Menasco Pirate engine. Stored in a wrecked trailer for 25 years. Cole Palen and frends restored it in the early 1970s. |
| Great Lakes 2T-1R | NX306Y (N306Y) |
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200 hp Ranger 6-440-5 engine. |
| Hanriot replica | N8449 |
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Built by Cole Palen and friends in 1974. |
| Heath Parasol LNA-40 | N5719 |  |
Clipped-wing version. I have no idea what "LNA" stands for. |
| Monocoupe 90 | N429N 22 |
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Took part in the 1933 Cleveland Air Races. |
| Morane Saulnier A-I (A-1) | N1379M 11 |  |
A 1917 original fighter - a higher power version of the type N. Should be an A-I (letter I), but often known as A-One |
| Morane Saulnier MS.130 | N7MS |  |
1927 original trainer.. |
| Morane Saulnier N replica | N5356J |
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Built by Cole Palen with an original MS A-1 fuselage that he obtained in 1981. |
| New Standard D-25 | N176H |
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Rugged four-passenger barnstormer. 45 were built from 1928. We flew in this over the Hudson River. |
| New Standard D-25 | N19157 |
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The sesquiplane layout gives great lift plus good views for the passengers. |
| Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G | N576Y |  |
58 built 1931-2. Cole Palen bought this safe and easy-to-fly parasol from the EAA Museum in 1982. |
| Nieuport II.N replica | N3221 |
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1912 racer replica built in the 1970's. Taxied but never flown. |
| Nieuport 10 (83E) | N680CP |  |
1915 original. Actually a model 83E trainer version of this sesquiplane designed by Gustave Delange. |
| Nieuport 24 bis replica | N5246 3 |
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1917 fighter. This replica was built in 1997. |
| Passat Ornithopter replica | BAPC.579 |  |
The original apparently flew 450ft on Wimbledon Common. Replica made for "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines". |
| Pigeon-Fraser Albree Scout | None |  Photo is rotated - aircraft is displayed inverted. |
Revolutionary 1917 US monoplane fighting scout for the US Army, designed by George Albree. This 3rd and last airframe never flew and was bought by Cole Palen in 1981. |
| Piper PA-11 Cub | N4568M |
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Crazy-flying by the legendary Flying Farmer, Stanley Segalla |
| Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer | N1502P |
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Not part of the show |
| Pitcairn PA-6 Super Mailwing | N15307 |
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Built as a mail carrier, this must have been converted to a "Sport Mailplane" with the twin-passenger cockpit where the mail should be. |
| RAF SE5a replica | None |  |
A "mock-up" built by volunteers at the Intrepid Museum in New York, donated to Old Rhinebeck in 2000. |
| Rinek Voisin 1909 | N38933 |
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Norvin E Rinek built this heavily modified Voisin in 1909 - steel tube construction, and he designed his own engine. |
| Ryan NYP replica | N211XC |
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Construction was started by Cole Palen in the 1970's. It taxied, and was planned to fly in 2008 but actually took to the sky on 5th December 2015. |
| Santos-Dumont XX Demoiselle replica | None |
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Alberto Santos-Dumont's 20th design. This replica was built by Cole Palen around 1957. |
| Short S-29 replica | N4275 |  |
Cole Palen found an original 1910 ENV F engine and built this replica around it. Flew a few runway-lengths in the 70s. |
| Siemens-Schuckert D-III replica | N1918G |
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Built by Cole Palen in 1969. Taxied but never flown. |
| Sopwith Dolphin replica | N47166 |  |
Built by Cole Palen and friends in 1977. Made an "unscheduled landing in trees" in 1990 and may be rebuilt. |
| SPAD VII replica | N8096L 2 S-245 |
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"Vieux Charles". Built by Carl Swanson, bought for Old Rhinebeck in 1999. Powered by a Lycoming. |
| Spartan C-3-165 | N285M |  |
Around 122 of these trainer and barnstorming aircraft were built, this one in 1929, restored in 1974 after 35 years stored. |
| Thomas Morse S4.B Scout | N74W 43Z8 |  |
1917 original advanced trainer, the last B model of 100 built. Acquired by Old Rhinebeck in 1973. |
| Thomas Pusher Model E | N4720G |
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1912 original 2-seater. Cole Palen was given the remains and rebuilt it, flying it extensively in the mid 60s. |
| Waco 10 (GXE) | N940 |  |
1927 2 passenger design - Waco's most popular aircraft with 1,600 built. |
| Wright 1903 Flyer replica | None |  |
Built in the 1970s, displayed at JFK airport terminal, then the Cradle of Aviation Museum for several years. |
| Wright EX 'Vin Fiz' replica | N1911P |  |
Possibly built by Cole Palen |
