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Dimor Group Sheds Light on Reasons for WACO Shutdown

Company states classic biplanes succumbed to rising costs and falling demand.

Jonathan Welsh
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Jonathan Welsh

WACO YMF-5 [Credit: WACO Aircraft]

I was fueling at my home airport a couple of summers ago when a WACO YMF-5 taxied up to wait for its turn at the pumps. It was gorgeous—black fuselage, yellow wings, and Jacobs engine idling so slowly that I could count the blades.

Almost.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is a private pilot and lifelong aviation enthusiast who has been a reporter, writer and columnist for 35 years. His career includes stints with the Wall Street Journal, Flying Magazine and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He recently returned to Firecrown to lead Aviation Consumer.