59 Lonely Years - The Barn Cub

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59 Lonely Years

I spend a lot of time surfing the net looking for interesting stories for Taildraggers, Inc. The web of aviation sites is overwhelming sometimes, and as you weave your way through it's tangled mess of somehow-connected pages, every once in a while you come upon something truly extraordinary. This is one of those stories.

Charles Moseley bought NC7057H brand new in 1946 and he and his daughter, Charlotte, used it for flying between his ranch operations for the next several years. When the ranch was sold in 1950, the airplane was no longer needed, and was pushed back into the barn. It had 197 hours on the airframe.

Jared Calvert discovered the airplane in 2009 while looking for a project to turn into a Clipped Wing Cub. Realizing the very rare opportunity he had found, the Cub is now being restored back to original condition, and will no doubt be one of the lowest time Cubs in existence.

The project is underway at Ranger Airfield in Ranger, TX (F23). Intentions are to use the Cub to introduce more people to aviation, and expose and inform people about the efforts to preserve Ranger Airfield.

To read the full story of the Barn Cub, please read the Texas Chapter of the Antique Airplane Associations April 2009 Newsletter. To learn more about Ranger Airfield, and the Cub restoration project, please visit the Ranger Airfield website.