Article: Restored John Livingston plane, displays coming to airport.

Byline: Rc Balaban

Jul. 30--WATERLOO -- Jim White can thank his father for the connection to John H. Livingston. White's father was an air show pilot and barnstormer with Livingston, a Cedar Falls native and champion air racer in the 1920s and '30s. During his racing days, Livingston used the Model 110 Monocoupe NC501W, purchasing the first of the line. He modified it to reach speeds of 200 miles per hour, which was unheard of for that style of plane at the time. After a convention many years ago, White's father discovered that an old friend of his had purchased Livingston's plane in 1971. "I frankly didn't know the plane was still intact," White ...

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