Velie Monocoupe#Survivors

The Velie Monocoupe was a wooden framed, doped fabric-covered monoplane, seating two people side-by-side in an enclosed cabin (hence the name).

Conceived by pilot/businessman Don A. Luscombe, who developed a mock-up in 1926, and developed into a flying airplane by farmer-turned-plane-designer Clayton Folkerts—first produced by Central States Aircraft Corp in Davenport, Iowa—the little plane was a revolution in personal aviation: small, relatively inexpensive, quick and efficient (70-80 mph on just 55 horsepower), and with an enclosed cockpit (protected from the weather) for two people. In an era of big, costly, lumbering, open-cockpit biplanes, the Monocoupe was like a flying sports car coupe.Harris, Richard, [http://www.aahs-online.org/journals/journal_template.php?vol_no=v56n4 "Monocoupe: Speed for the Common Man"], AAHS Journal, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Winter 2011), American Aviation Historical Society

In all there were 350 Velie Monocoupes produced under the approved type certificate number 22.{{cite journal|journal=Liberty Magazine|date=18 August 1928|page=38|title=Monocoupe}} Upon W. L. Velie's death, his son had planned to continue production of the aircraft but he died within months of his father. The company, and design, survived, however.

Upon the death of Velie's founder, in 1929 the Mono Aircraft Division was transferred to the holding company Allied Aircraft Co., which split the airplane division into Mono Aircraft Co. and Lambert Motors Co. Mono Aircraft would continue to produce the Monocoupe, in various versions—ultimately changing its name to Monocoupe Corp. The company producing the Monocoupe line changed ownership and location several times from 1926 to the early 1950s.[http://www.aerofiles.com/_mono.html "Mono, Monocoupe"], summary data on Aerofiles.com

File:Monocoupe Model 70, designed by Ken Luscombe, made by Central States Aero Corp., introduced 1928 - Hiller Aviation Museum - San Carlos, California - DSC03193.jpg]]

• 31 – Model 70 airworthy with the Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N800HB] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=800HB |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 54 Model 70 C,M113 N5874 airworthy with T. D. Richards Krum Tx. TA47 Richards Airport Krum Tx.
• 85 – Model 70 on static display at the Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Illinois.{{cite web |title=Airport Terminal Map |url=http://www.qcairport.com/assets/files/files/Maps%20and%20other%20pds/AirportTerminalMap.pdf |website=Quad City International Airport |access-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N6558] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N6558 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}} It was flown in 1928 by female aviation pioneer Phoebe Omlie to set an altitude record at the airport.{{cite web |url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/807270357/-1/famousiowans |title=Aviator Omlie soared to success |access-date=2009-02-14 |date=2009-02-07 |last=Longden |first=Tom |publisher=Des Moines Register |archive-date=2009-04-23 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090423051117/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/807270357/-1/famousiowans |url-status=dead }}
• 132 – Model 70 airworthy with Kenneth R. Hetge of Tehachapi, California{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N7820] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7820 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 133 – Model 70 on static display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. It is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum.{{cite web |title=Velie Monocoupe |url=http://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/air-space/air-aircraft/velie-monocoupe |website=California Science Center |access-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=Monocoupe 70 |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/monocoupe-70/nasm_A19840174000|website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 134 – Model 70 airworthy at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=1928 Velie Monocoupe 70|url=http://www.goldenageair.org/collection/1928_velie_monocoupe.htm|website=Golden Age Air Museum|access-date=5 February 2018}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N6731] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6731 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 151 – Model 70 on static display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California.{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N6740] |url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6740 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 March 2023}}
• 156 – Model 70 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.{{cite web |title=Monocoupe 70 |url=http://www.waaamuseum.org/collections/airplanes/626-monocoupe-70 |website=Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum |access-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N6753] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6753 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 247 – Model 113 on static display at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=1928 Monocoupe 113 - N7808 |url=http://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/aircraft-collection-folder/1928-monocoupe-113---n7808 |website=EAA |access-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N7808] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N7808 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 248 – Model 113 airworthy with Robert J. Coolbaugh of New Market, Virginia.{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N7809] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7809 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 304 – Model 113 airworthy with Walter C. Bowe of Sonoma, California.{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N8934] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8934 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}
• 322 – Model 113 (original registration NC8955) under restoration to airworthiness at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York.{{cite web |title=Monocoupe 113 |url=https://oldrhinebeck.org/monocoupe-113/ |website=Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome |access-date=July 10, 2021}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N8955] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8955 |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=1 January 2020}}

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• Monocoupe Aircraft
• Monocoupe Model 22
• Monocoupe 70

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• [https://oldrhinebeck.org/monocoupe-113/ Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's Golden Age aircraft listing on their NC8955 Model 113 Monocoupe]
• Davisson, Budd, [http://airbum.com/pireps/PirepPeanutMonocoupe.html "The Mighty Monocoupe: Big Legend in a Small Package], from the “Peanut Pireps” section, at author's Airbum.com website
• Early Birds Foundation, [https://archive.today/20150209132653/http://earlybirdsmuseum.nl/en/monocoupe-110 "Velie 'Monocoupe,'"], Early Birds Foundation

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