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The Taylorcraft Big Red restoration project begins

Also Taylorcraft Big Red aircraft restoration Beaver Island 2012

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Dates2012-09 – 2014
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Summary

The September 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the planned restoration of the 1946 Taylorcraft known as Big Red.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the September issue’s account and does not extend it beyond the evidence described in the source.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2012, "The Taylorcraft Project - Code Name Big Red."
    Describes restoration of a 1946 Taylorcraft aircraft associated with John Red Rowley, with a planned two-year restoration and future island rides. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held September issue scan confirms this source thread.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Taylorcraft Big Red restoration project begins”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-taylorcraft-big-red-restoration-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2012, "The Taylorcraft Project - Code Name Big Red." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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