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The first "All Metal Swift", NC33336, is a GC-1A owned by
Lou Leftwich of Winter Park, Florida.
The last Swift, N2460B, was built by
Temco and is now in the capable hands of
Jim Montague and Mark Holliday of
Lake Elmo, MN.
Jim sent along the following recollections of his experiences
with both aircraft.
"My personal involvement with N2460B began in the early '70s when Lou Leftwich
owned it, and brought it to a fly-in at River Ranch in Florida. Later, Lou
bought NC33336, so he owned both the first and last Swifts for a time. When
Jack Pry owned N2460B, I got acquainted with him, and overhauled the engine
for him in 1979. In October 1979, we had the first "back to the factory" fly-in at Denton,
TX, where I got to fly, on Oct.6, 1979, both NC33336 and N2460B. I became
enthralled with the idea of one day owning N2460B. Several years ago, I again
tracked 60B down and began negotiations for buying it. Fortunately, Mark
Holliday became my partner in this venture, if not for him I probably would
have paid too much for it. The airplane is here now, in Lake Elmo, MN, but
needs stripping, polishing, corrosion removal, removal of the 'non-original'
items like the one piece windshield, P-51 style gear doors and the instrument
panel and interior. I really don't know much about s/n 2, except that brief
flight almost 20 years ago, and helping Lou with some paperwork a few years
ago. Both airplanes have "newer" versions of the original engines - a C-90 in
s/n 2 and an 0-300 in s/n 3760."
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