privately held company industry general aviation founded 1983 headquarters battle creek michigan key people peter f. bowers owner products waco classic ymf & great lakes model 2t 1a 1 2 number of employees 37 website wacoclassic.com waco classic ymf 5c biplane built in 2000 waco classic aircraft corporation founded in 1983 as the classic aircraft corporation and located in battle creek michigan is a manufacturer of general aviation airplanes . 1 2 waco classic aircraft builds in relatively small numbers a three seat biplane the waco classic ymf based upon the original manufacturing plans which were filed by waco waco aircraft company with the library of congress and thus available . the aircraft are constructed on the airport at the w. k. kellogg airport in battle creek michigan . the company also repairs original classic wacos and vintage aircraft . while the aircraft it builds is a longstanding design waco classic aircraft has upgraded many systems such as the brakes to newer and safer technology . they are built with much of the original hand construction methods and are sought after as a classical open cockpit aircraft but with modern digital electronics . 3 to date waco classic only offers one of several models of wacos that were built . over 100 new ymf 5c aircraft had been completed by 2007 . in june 2009 the company announced the improved ymf 5d version powered by a jacobs r 755 a2 300 hp 224 kw engine . the type was to be type certified in october 2009 and features a new mt propeller a deluxe leather interior new lightweight carbon fiber wheel pants and fairings an upgraded avionics package and a cup holder . 4 in january 2011 the company announced that it would put the great lakes model 2t 1a 1 2 biplane back into production . the aircraft had not been available since 1980 . the aircraft will incorporate several changes including a larger cockpit and advanced avionics . at the time it was announced the aircraft was forecast to be shown at sun n fun in 2011 production commenced in the summer of 2011 and deliveries were initially expected early in 2012 . it will be offered in two models the touring model with a lycoming io 360 b1f6 and a sport model with the lycoming aeio 360 b1f6 engine . 5 in may 2012 the company announced that the first production great lakes was being constructed and it was completed in june 2013 . 6 7 references edit about waco aircraft corporation . wacoaircraft.com . retrieved 2012 08 07 . eaa news waco classic resurrects great lakes aerobatic biplane . eaa.org . 2011 01 20 . retrieved 2012 08 07 . hirschman dave june 2010 . wonderful wacos . retrieved 2010 06 24 . grady mary june 2009 . waco updates its classic biplane . retrieved 2009 06 25 . grady mary january 2011 . waco revives great lakes biplane . avweb . retrieved 20 january 2011 . waco classic aircraft 14 november 2012 . waco aircraft blog . retrieved 10 december 2012 . grady mary 11 june 2013 . waco great lakes production underway . avweb . retrieved 13 june 2013 . external links edit official website v t e waco aircraft company light aircraft aristocrat aristocraft cootie 9 10 240 a series d series e series f series g series m series n series o series s series custom cabin series zqc 6 standard cabin series yks 7 gliders cg 3 cg 4 cg 13 cg 15 primary glider transports c 62 c 72 companies weaver aircraft company of ohio advance aircraft company waco aircraft company waco classic aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title waco classic aircraft & oldid 700628408 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in battle creek michiganprivately held companies based in michigan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 19 january 2016 at 17 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view