AOPA's Centennial of Flight Sweepstakes Photo Gallery

Watch the restoration of AOPA's Centennial of Flight Sweepstakes — a totally rebuilt 1940 Waco three-seater biplane!

Before

After

November 1940	Pennsylvania flight training in 1942	1950
1954	1960s	1970s
1970s	1974	Late 1980s
Original Waco factory	AOPA Waco 2002	Work gets started
Roy Redman, Rare Aircraft	Engine tested	Parts ready for paint
Assembly for fit test	Nose gets metal covering	Covering wings
Doc Walker	Jeremy Redman	Wrapped for painting
All finished	Rear cockpit	On the ramp
It sits high!	Notice the gold trim	Waiting for geese
First takeoff	Flyby

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