ROBERT HODGSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 12527. Standard J-1 (N6948 c/n 1956)
Photographed at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, July 28, 2013, by Robert Hodgson

Standard J-1

08/31/2014. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was originally built in 1917. More than fifty years later it was stored in an EAA warehouse, less engine, less wings. EAA member Charlie Klessig started a restoration at his home in South Dakota and in the late 1970s the aircraft was flown again, powered by a Hispano-Suiza Model A engine. It received a CofA on July 11, 1980. After Klessig passed away, the aircraft (also referred to and registered as a Klessig Standard J-1) was donated to the EAA Museum. In 2011 another restoration was started and the aircraft was ready for static display at Oskosh 2013. Since it has been flown again."


Created August 31, 2014