Aircraft Information
Notes: You can still fly this airplane in Naples, FL – operated by Willie Airways, Inc. in Naples, FL (APF/KAPF).
Aircraft Photos
Stinson SM8A Junior N205W over P’Town
Flying over Provincetown, MA (PVC), date unknown. Scanned from postcard in personal collection.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Flying over Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) c.1960s
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) during the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) during the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W on the ramp in Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) during the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W in the skies above Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W in the skies above Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W in the skies above Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W in the skies above Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
PBA Stinson SM8A N205W nicknamed “Willie”
Willie, PBA Stinson Junior N205W in the skies above Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) in the 1950s. Contributed by Jeam E. Van Arsdale.
Very nice seeing my picture of Willie here. While in college, I had the experience of overhauling the engine, before I ever seen the aircraft. At my interview for PBA was told that, is the engine on her now. That lead to many trips up to P-town for checks on N205W. Luved my time, experiens and fun at PBA.
Rich Spolar the JetDr757
What’s really impressive is that Willie is still giving aerial tours of Naples, FL and Provincetown, MA
I feel privileged to be counted among the PBA”Willie” alumni. A long time ago- 1981 perhaps?- George Davies hired me as a Willie Captain for a summer in Provincetown with the assumption that with my 100 hours or so in a Citabria I wouldn’t wreck it. Had a blast, didn’t have to land on the beach, and I still love Provincetown. Ended the summer in the right seat of a DC-3 with Dave Stetson, survived all that, and my airline career was launched! I’d trade a thousand hours in a 777 for an afternoon flying around the Cape in those old DC-3’s.
Went on a tour over New Haven CT out of Tweed New Haven around 1995 and tried to fly over Provincetown a few years later. Pilot couldn’t get the plane to run !!!!