Comments on: Funk Model B, Even the Army Had One http://acmp.com/blog/funk-model-b-even-the-army-had-one.html all about aviation! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Krogstad http://acmp.com/blog/funk-model-b-even-the-army-had-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-15121 Richard Krogstad Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:24:56 +0000 http://acmp.com/blog/?p=596#comment-15121 Interesting article about the Funk. I am the proud owner of 3 Funks, currently one is flying, I finished restoreing N81143 about 2 years ago it flys good. I recently started restoreing N77726 both of these are 1946 models. I also own what is left of serial #406 a 1947 model, it crashed and burned in 1948 and layed in the pasture where it crashed for many years, a machinery dealer traded it in, the donated it to the museum in Marmarth ND. where layed in a pile for a few years I heard about it a few years ago from a Funk owner in California. Because I was the closest Funk owner, in Spearfish SD, I made a deal and purchased what was left and it is now in the rafters in my hanger. If you want more information go to Funk Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on the Web. or funkflyers.org it is a great organization. Subnitted by Richard Krogstad Spearfish, SD Interesting article about the Funk. I am the proud owner of 3 Funks, currently one is flying, I finished restoreing N81143 about 2 years ago it flys good. I recently started restoreing N77726 both of these are 1946 models. I also own what is left of serial #406 a 1947 model, it crashed and burned in 1948 and layed in the pasture where it crashed for many years, a machinery dealer traded it in, the donated it to the museum in Marmarth ND. where layed in a pile for a few years I heard about it a few years ago from a Funk owner in California. Because I was the closest Funk owner, in Spearfish SD, I made a deal and purchased what was left and it is now in the rafters in my hanger.
If you want more information go to Funk Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on the Web. or funkflyers.org it is a great organization.
Subnitted by Richard Krogstad Spearfish, SD

]]> By: John M. Davis http://acmp.com/blog/funk-model-b-even-the-army-had-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-14950 John M. Davis Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:01:37 +0000 http://acmp.com/blog/?p=596#comment-14950 Norm: Great story about the professor and his cat - makes aviation history interesting! In all there were 339 Funks built, 110 in Akron, OH., and 229 in Coffeyville, KS. Their move to Kansas did not work out as well as that of another Ohio company, Culver Aircraft of Port Columbus, that moved to Wichita over Thanksgiving 1940. During the war they produced almost 2,500 drones - and was said to be the largest "black budget" item of USAAF/USN procurement. As for the one Army owned Funk, the UC-92. Not is much known on this aircraft's use. It came on to the inventory in August 1942, when all civil aviation in Panama ceased. One suspect's that it may have become the leisure mount of one of the high-ups in the Canal Zone. Again, appreciate your articles John M. Davis Wichita, KS Norm:

Great story about the professor and his cat – makes aviation history interesting!

In all there were 339 Funks built, 110 in Akron, OH., and 229 in Coffeyville, KS. Their move to Kansas did not work out as well as that of another Ohio company, Culver Aircraft of Port Columbus, that moved to Wichita over Thanksgiving 1940. During the war they produced almost 2,500 drones – and was said to be the largest “black budget” item of USAAF/USN procurement.

As for the one Army owned Funk, the UC-92. Not is much known on this aircraft’s use. It came on to the inventory in August 1942, when all civil aviation in Panama ceased. One suspect’s that it may have become the leisure mount of one of the high-ups in the Canal Zone.

Again, appreciate your articles

John M. Davis
Wichita, KS

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