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Aircraft of this age are commonly assembled from surviving parts from multiple aircraft. This aircraft is probably the most original and best documented example of the type of the total of 5 known to be in existence in the world.
List of the other 5 Fleet Model 1 that are known to exist currently:
Israel
* 200 – Model 1 airworthy at Paradive Aviation Gallery at Habonim Airstrip. It is registered as 4X-AAF, was manufactured in 1929, and is powered with a Kinner B-5 radial engine.
Paraguay
* E-15 – Model 2 airworthy with the Yvytu Flight Club. It was donated Paraguayan Air Force in 1990. It was formerly registered as ZP-EAL.
United States
* 181 – Model 2 on static display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tuscon At. It is in the markings of Gilpen & Greenway Air Lines, Tucson, Arizona 1934.
* 229 – Model 2 airworthy at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach Va. It is registered as NC636M and is in the markings of United Air Services of Burbank, California.
* 233 – Model 1 airworthy with David Trost of Westchester NY.
Apparently yours didn’t turn up in my research.
Norman,
The FAA database lists 14 Model 1's. I detail the history of my plane on my website here:
https://dreamwacos.com/fleet-model-1/My plane was originally a Model 2 but was re-engined in the 1930's and the type certificate modifed to a Model 1 at that time. You're right about antiques usually being a collection of survivor parts, especially when you consider engines, props and flight instruments. My plane's essentials have been together since at least the 1940's and most likely, based on its documented history, much longer.