NC8112 converted from S-6000B to a 6-B per Aircraft Type Certificate 352. Updates included:

  • The engine and mount changed.
  • New landing gearwas installed.
  • New stabilizers and elevator, vertical fin and rudder installed.
  • Replaced lower longeron from the center of bay 2 to the center of the 4th bay.
  • Fuselage was dusted (sand blasted) and tubes were treated with linseed oiled.
  • Replaced all woodwork fairings, floor and etc.
  • Manufactured and installed new left wing.
  • Replaced fittings, drag wires with original Travel Air 6000 parts.
  • Manufactured new gas tanks per factory drawings.
  • New Grimes lights were also installed.
  • Newly built ailerons were also installed.
  • Right wing, built in December of 1944, was recovered and reinstalled.
  • A New Hamilton Standard metal adjustable propeller was installed.
  • New weight and balance was computed.