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Wittman Tailwind
High Wing - Steel Tube, Wood, Fabric
Aircraft Spruce WEST
Administrative Offices and Main Warehouse
225 Airport Circle
Corona, CA 92880
Yahoo Map: Click Here
Tel: 951-372-9555
Fax: 951-372-0555
Toll Free: 800-824-1930
E-mail us by clicking here
Avionics Specialist: 800-826-3160
Website: http://www.aircraft-spruce.com
Tailwind Metal Wing:
Plans from:
Callbie Wood
RR1, Box 330
Wilson, N.C. 22896-8109
Telephone: 919-243-6708
Composite parts for the Tailwind:
Carbon Fiber Composites
Brian Alley
101 Caroline Circle
Hurricane, WV 25526
Telephone: 304-562-6800
Email: n320wt@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.carbonfibercomposites.net
Newsletter:
Jerry Hey
J-Wind Designs
3790 S 600 W
Albion, IN 46701
Telephone: 260-799-4352
Email: j-winddesigns@thegrid.net
Website: http://www.j-winddesigns.com
Articles in EAA and related publications:
| Year | Month | Page | Magazine | Article |
| 2009 | 04 | 36 | Sport Aviation | The Wittman W-10 Tailwind: One Fast Homebuilt! By Sparky Barnes Sargent 7 pg w/performance numbers |
| 2007 | 11 | 89 | Sport Aviation | Achieving the Impossible: Tireless effort makes dream come true by Dana Heimos, Jim Rust Aircraft 4 pg |
| 2003 | 05 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind Group to Celebrate Aircraft’s 50th Anniversary at EAA AirVenture (1/3 pg) |
| 2002 | 04 | 35 | Experimenter | Safety Programs: Update from Headquarters (3 ½ pgs) |
| 2000 | 11 | 84 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind #522, a W-8, Wm Lobet, Nimes, France, photo & caption |
| 96 | 02 | 07 | Sport Aviation | NTSB Releases Findings on Wittman Accident |
| 95 | 06 | Sport Aviation | HOTLINE-Steve Wittman accident | |
| 94 | 06 | 58 | Sport Aviation | Wittman W10 ac performance report |
| 94 | 02 | 99 | Sport Aviation | Batchelder Tailwind built in 2.5 years |
| 94 | 01 | 101 | Sport Aviation | Alkire Tailwind w/0235, 150mph |
| 93 | 10 | 111 | Sport Aviation | See Tailwind restoration |
| 93 | 09 | C16 | Sport Aviation | McKenna w/0-235 |
| 93 | 06 | 31 | Sport Aviation | McKenna 115hp TW |
| 93 | 03 | 12 | Sport Aviation | Newsletter available |
| 93 | 01 | 05 | Sport Aviation | STOL Buttercup mod |
| 92 | 10 | 11 | Sport Aviation | Buttercup being rebuilt w/new wing tips |
| 92 | 02 | 34 | Sport Aviation | Thiessen & Clemont W-10's |
| 91 | 12 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Flying Characteristics letter re: Wood ac |
| 91 | 09 | 33 | Sport Aviation | Wood Taperwing Tailwind |
| 91 | 07 | 95 | Sport Aviation | Robbins Tailwind photo only |
| 91 | 06 | 28 | Sport Aviation | Don Wood's Taperwing Tailwind - photo & short note |
| 90 | 12 | 94 | Sport Aviation | Liberti Tailwind with 0235C1 photo only |
| 90 | 06 | 61 | Sport Aviation | Powell '56 Tailwind - w/C85 w8 n24kp - 2pgs |
| 89 | 06 | 36 | Sport Aviation | Harwood C-90 Tailwind - Built in 1959 |
| 88 | 01 | 61 | Sport Aviation | Prototype Tailwind Being Restored |
| 87 | 05 | 47 | Sport Aviation | Werhan 0-300 Tailwind - 4 Years After w10,7"larger,slightly larger Htail. |
| 86 | 04 | 89 | Sport Aviation | Massey 0-200 Tailwind photo only |
| 86 | 01 | 9 | Sport Aviation | INAV to Market Parts |
| 85 | 09 | 55 | Sport Aviation | [Picture only] - What our members are building. |
| 84 | 03 | 46 | Sport Aviation | Werhan 0-300 powered Tailwind |
| 82 | 10 | 15,25 | Sport Aviation | Steve Bornstein's Olds-powered Tailwind [Picture only] |
| 82 | 10 | 25 | Sport Aviation | Thiessen reserved Grand Champ |
| 80 | 07 | 46 | Sport Aviation | Big X Restored |
| 80 | 03 | 36 | Sport Aviation | Owen Tailwind - [Picture Only] |
| 79 | 06 | 52 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind with Lyc. 0-235 & Prop Extension [Picture only] |
| 78 | 04 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Wittman Forced Landing in Olds-powered Tailwind [accident note only] |
| 78 | 02 | 47 | Sport Aviation | Wittman's Olds-powered Tailwind |
| 77 | 06 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Graham Tailwind [Picture only] |
| 77 | 02 | 28 | Sport Aviation | Saab Analyzes Tailwind Eaupear letter |
| 73 | 04 | 26 | Sport Aviation | Tuts' Tailwind w8 - 1 color pix & 6 b&w |
| 70 | 02 | 05 | Sport Aviation | Varnell's Tailwind b&w pictures-w8, 1 page |
| 69 | 12 | 30 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind Seminar Steve on CG, etc |
| 69 | 05 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Ruehring Tailwind photo only |
| 69 | 01 | 20 | Sport Aviation | Report on Jerry Varnell's "Tailwind" |
| 68 | 08 | 38 | Sport Aviation | There I was...Minding my Own Business constr.photos |
| 67 | 12 | 38 | Sport Aviation | Stevenson "Windstreak" (all metal version of the Tailwind) |
| 67 | 10 | 04 | Sport Aviation | Tollefsrud "Tailwind" w-8, 2+pages 4b&w photos |
| 67 | 07 | 29 | Sport Aviation | On the Wings of Mercury x-c in Tailwind |
| 67 | 02 | 47 | Sport Aviation | Occhipinti Tailwind has Retractable Landing Gear |
| 67 | 01 | 29 | Sport Aviation | Attention Aircraft Owners & Builders |
| 66 | 09 | 30 | Sport Aviation | "Tailwind" + Tailwind Could Do It-has 2pgs-4 b&w pictures |
| 66 | 09 | 45 | Sport Aviation | Hinge Alignment - Back Cover Photo Bud Harwood's Tailwind |
| 66 | 04 | 19 | Sport Aviation | Tileston's Tiger Teaser 3 pages, -7 b&w pictures-full span flaperons W-8 |
| 65 | 02 | 19 | Sport Aviation | Landing Gear Material (Steel Wittman-Type) |
| 65 | 01 | 28 | Sport Aviation | The "Big X" in Texas |
| 64 | 11 | 16 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind Wing Fitting Tool |
| 64 | 05 | 35 | Sport Aviation | Education through Error - Position of Inspection Hole Opening on Wing |
| 64 | 04 | 39 | Sport Aviation | Trailing Edge Material Manufacture |
| 63 | 11 | 37 | Sport Aviation | A Bountiful Measure of Pleasure Copies in Library above line |
| 63 | 07 | 11 | Sport Aviation | The "T-Bird" Tailwinds |
| 62 | 12 | 34 | Sport Aviation | Eyeball Engineer on the Tailwind Gear - How to Line it Up |
| 62 | 06 | 32 | Sport Aviation | Gear Jack Pad |
| 62 | 01 | 6 | Sport Aviation | A Recipe for Wood-Root Receptacles, for a Tight Fit |
| 61 | 11 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Clean Can Be Mean - Flight Techniques |
| 61 | 05 | 21 | Sport Aviation | Out of the Cellar...And Into the Skies |
| 61 | 01 | 31 | Sport Aviation | Gene Slades' "Southern Star" |
| 60 | 02 | 12 | Sport Aviation | Landing Gear Fairings for the Tailwind |
| 59 | 06 | 5 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind for Two |
| 59 | 04 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Applying Plywood Wing Skin |
| 59 | 02 | 30 | Sport Aviation | Lane Tailwind - C90 |
| 58 | 11 | 4 | Sport Aviation | Steve Wittman's New Tailwind |
| 56 | 10 | 3 | Sport Aviation | Flight-Measured Aerodynamics of Tailwind |
| 56 | 03 | 6 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind with 125 hp |
| 55 | 12 | 11 | Sport Aviation | A Flight in the Tailwind |
| 55 | 08 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Wittman W-8 (Line Drawing) |
| 55 | 05 | 9 | Sport Aviation | Inside Look at Tailwind |
| 55 | 03 | 2 | Sport Aviation | Wittman's Latest Project - Flying Carpet |
| 54 | 02 | 1 | Sport Aviation | Tailwind First Homebuilt Certified to Carry Non-Revenue Passengers |
| 53 | 08 | 05 | Sport Aviation | Preview of Flying Carpet (Tailwind) Steve Bornstein, 475 East North Broadway, Columbus, Ohio 43214 |
EAA members can digitally view archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.
