This airplane is a Waco model UIC, S/N 3778, built on June 24, 1933. It visited Tucson twice in the hands of H.C. Lippiatt (Sunday, 9/3/1933) , and Bessie Owen (Tuesday, 4/23/1935).

A little over a year after Owen brought it to Tucson, it was shipped to Europe where she used it for a "round-the-world" flight. She actually flew it from Europe to the Philippines, so it wasn't an entire circumnavigation. Below, an image of the airplane in Bulgaria, ca. summer 1936. Owen is second from left, flanked by the Chief of Police and the Greek Catholic Pope.

Bessie Owen and NC13423, Bulgaria, ca. 1936

Please direct your browser to Owen's biography page to learn more about this airplane and its fate.

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