1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird
NC46K
October 14 of 2006 we purchased a Bird BK project. NC46K was purchased in Georgia and trucked to it's new home in Ohio.
NC46K sporting it's original NC number of NC6K and an OX-5 engine.
Although not our plane, above is a Bird C. Very similar in appearance, the BK sports a 100 h.p. Kinner engine and can seat three - one in the rear cockpit and two in the front cockpit. The above C has a Wright J6-5 engine.
Alan (L) and Jim (R). Alan is a Bird owner/restore and was a great help in loading our project. We bought the project from Jim. You can see Jim's beautiful Waco RNF in the background.
Viewable here are engine parts, a newly built gas tank, front seat and the rear portion of the turtle deck
A new door for the front cockpit. Beautiful workmanship!
More engine parts
Lower wing patterns, gear parts, engine mount, and, somewhere underneath it all is the fuselage
Here is the turtle deck and other newly made cockpit fairings
Another view of the aft turtle deck and seats
New baffling for behind the engine
Engine mount and new firewalls
Another view of the gas tank with it's fittings. This tank, a copy of the original, has a built-in reserve.
Cowling that fits behind the engine with access door holes
New door that fits into the cowling in the prior picture
A rudder bar with brakes!
The turtle deck. Clecos holding the forward and aft bulkheads and the headrest.
A pile of ribs
Tires
An Autofan wheel
I'll have to learn more about Warner wheels/brakes
Elliott driving "the big rig"
A truck full of parts. The bird fuselage on the right. A Travel air 3000 fuselage and big wing on the left. Tail surfaces and new front and rear seat can be seen hanging on the walls of the truck.
Parts and pieces
A new home for the Bird BK
The fuselage with the seats set in place
View of the belly, looking aft
After the move - metal pieces in the hangar in Ohio
Another view
Landing gear parts
Bird wings hanging on the walls with the Travel Air fuselage standing in the corner
The horizontal stabilizer trim mechanism located in the aft cockpit
The trim mechanism in the tail
Fuselage view from above, looking aft
A little hangar flying!
Spars and material on the workbench
Lower wing spar - butt ends
Lower wing spars - mid section
Lower wing spars - tips
Two stacks of lower wing ribs
Profile view of lower wing ribs
Four stacks of upper wing rigs
Top wing rib trailing edges
Profile view of two stacks of upper wing ribs
Compression struts (both old and new)
End view of compression struts. Note the box spar design.
Lower right wing pattern - root end with wing walk
Lower right wing pattern - wing tip
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