The museum has recently acquired Fred Ludtke’s 1940 Monocoupe 90AW145. The well knownFred Ludtke from the Pacific Northwest flew this Monocoupe in over 200 airshows up and down the west coast. The Monocoupe was discovered in CA by Eric Minnis of Burlington, NC. The Monocoupe was retrieved to Burlington,NC with hopes of Eric restoring the Monocoupe for a customer. Skagit Aero’s Jim Jenkins saw the airplane advertised on Barnstormers website and contacted Eric with the hopes of acquiring the project and bringing it back home to the Pacific Northwest. Over a few phone conversations a deal was struck to acquire this historic Monocoupe for our collection.
The Monocoupe is scheduled to return to the Washington State at the end of Jan 2012. We hope to reunite Fred with his long lost steed. A complete ground up restoration will commence upon arrival at the museum.
Here is Fred taking off in his Monocoupe from an unknown airport sometime during the 1980′s
Here is Fred standing with his son next to the Monocoupe.
