N4770C - BOEING L 15 SCOUT


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    Aircraft Summary


    General

    Manufacturer
    BOEING
    Model
    L-15 SCOUT
    Serial Number
    47-432
    Registration #
    N4770C
    Condition
    Used
    Based at
    KOSH
    Total Time
    636
    Description
    OSHKOSH 2017 Post WWII Grand Champion and Gold Wrench award winner! The only airworthy example in the world! Gigantic spares and support package included. The YL-15 was the last piston powered, prop driven, man carrying aircraft designed by Boeing.

    Airframe

    Airframe Notes
    636 Hrs TTSNEW 38 Hours Since Restoration Completed in 2016

    Engine

    Engine Notes
    Lycoming 0-290-7, 125 H.P. 243 Hours 38 hours since all 4 cylinders valve job, mags, carb, starter & generator overhauled. NOS: carb heat box, cowl flap, both exhaust stacks L & R, and stainless-steel heat muffs for cabin & carb air. 8 new spark plugs and new spark plug wires. All engine baffles restored to new. New carb air filter. NOS throttle & mixture push rods and bell cranks.

    Props

    Prop Notes
    McCauley Met-L-Prop L8043 S/N 50619 Prod. Cert. No. 3 Type. Cert. 857 38 hours since overhaul & balance by Dominion Propeller 8 new prop bolts

    Avionics

    Avionics/Radios
    King KX-196 Comm Trig 22 Transponder 345 ELT PS Engineering PM50 Intercom

    Additional Equipment

    Additional Equipment
    New Goodyear 8.50 x 6 main tires & tubes. New Goodyear 5.00 x 4 Tailwheel tires & tubes 24 Volt System New 24 US Gal. Aux. Drop Tank SPARES PACKAGE: 40’ Storage Trailer. Too many parts to list each item, Main Items Include: Boxes of misc.small parts Wing tips plus LH Horner wing tip 7 vertical fins Interchangeable L & R 1 elevator trim tab 4” x 8’ 1 tail boom 2 horizontal stabilizers 3 elevators One set of flaperons Engine mount for Lyc. O-290-7 Front & rear seats Main gear shock struts Engine baffles, replaced belly skins, spare instrument panels Damaged fuselage Large pile of NOS windows LH wing Remains of Damaged RH wing Many NOS exhaust & stainless heat shrouds Lots of spare cowling & back doors Engine air filter L & R 10 1/2-gallon fuel bladders. 1 self-sealing fuel bladder Tail wheel asst. & yoke. Misc tubing, box of wing-attach pins, & boom Hardware. 3 pair of L & R observer triangle windows Observer back door frames

    Exterior

    Exterior Notes
    Overall Silver with US Army Markings, Stars and Bars, and all stencils applied with paint. Only the N number is vinyl. NOS 1949 plexiglass windows retained with NOS aluminum nuts (nearly 1,000 of them).

    Interior

    Interior Notes
    Total restoration- Military OD with black panels, all properly remarked per TO. New panel shock mounts. NOS: control stick canvas boot, & observer compartment message pick up equipment bag. New seat cushions built and covered with NOS Army tent canvas. Same material was used to recover the head impact pad, on the front spar carry through. Original signal flare container on top of battery box. Original first aid kit, complete with every bandaid, tourniquet, wax sealed bottle of aspirin, and everything else it came with circa 1945. Original fire extinguisher bottle, for show only. All new control cables and ends, original turnbuckle barrels refurbished. New pulleys as needed. All NOS door handles.NOS pilot doors L & R.

    Inspection Status

    Inspection Status
    Annual Inspection completed July 2021 Transponder check completed July 2021 Complete logbooks back to March 8, 1949, the day it was completed at Boeing Wichita. Original maintenance and erection, pilot operating handbook, and parts manual included. Restricted Aircraft Type Certificate #16 (Transferrable) NEW Miscellaneous: Annual Inspection completed July 2021 Transponder check completed July 2021 Complete logbooks back to March 8, 1949, the day it was completed at Boeing Wichita. Original maintenance and erection, pilot operating handbook, and parts manual included. Restricted Aircraft Type Certificate #16 (Transferrable) Exterior: Overall Silver with US Army Markings, Stars and Bars, and all stencils applied with paint. Only the N number is vinyl. NOS 1949 plexiglass windows retained with NOS aluminum nuts (nearly 1,000 of them). Interior: Total restoration- Military OD with black panels, all properly remarked per TO. New panel shock mounts. NOS: control stick canvas boot, & observer compartment message pick up equipment bag. New seat cushions built and covered with NOS Army tent canvas. Same material was used to recover the head impact pad, on the front spar carry through. Original signal flare container on top of battery box. Original first aid kit, complete with every bandaid, tourniquet, wax sealed bottle of aspirin, and everything else it came with circa 1945. Original fire extinguisher bottle, for show only. All new control cables and ends, original turnbuckle barrels refurbished. New pulleys as needed. All NOS door handles.NOS pilot doors L & R. Aircraft based at KOSH Airport, WI. Contact Courtesy Aircraft for a showing today! SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION UPON INSPECTION


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