 
SWIFTS IN PRINT
A listing of known magazines and books containing articles, stories and
information about Swifts. Included is information about the title, subtitle,
author, publisher, date, and summary of content. If you know of anything
published about Swifts not listed here, please contact Denis Arbeau
arbeau@napanet.net so we can add
it to the list. Now you can hit those aviation flea market book and magazine
piles and know what issues to look for!
The Definitive Work on The Swift...
"THE GLOBE/TEMCO SWIFT STORY"
By Stanely G.
Thomas. Aviation Publishing, 1997. The book chronicles the fortunes of the
Swift through the rise and fall of John Kennedy's globe aircraft Corp., the
post-war creation of Bob McCulloch's Texas Engineering and Manufacturing
Co. (Temco), the Univair years, and the creation by Charles E. Nelson of
the International Swift Association, the world's premier Type Club. The
thoroughly illustrated book covers everything - history, personalities, pilot
reports, significant modifications and aerobatics.
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MAGAZINE ARTICLES
1940's
1946 "GLOBE GC-1A SWIFT: PLANE OF THE MONTH" By Selby
Calkins. Skyways Magazine, April 1946. Quite possibly the first
magazine story on the Swift. An excellent article complete with a cut-away
drawing.
1946 "THE GLOBE SWIFT" By Max Karant. Flying Magazine, July,
1946. First Globe GC-1A Swift pilot report.
1947 "ALASKAN FERRY" By Byrd Howell Granger. Flying Magazine,
April 1947. Story about 5 Swifts being ferried to Alaska. Two "N" numbers
are clearly visible in the photos, N80992 & N80872. Two others with a
magnifying glass, appear to be N80882 & N80916. Six page article.
1948 "THE SWIFT 125" By Leighton Collins. Air Facts Magazine,
January 1948. N3701K is featured in the article.
1948 "THE TEMCO SWIFT" By Max Karant. Flying Magazine, February,
1948. Temco Swift pilot report (N3322K pictured).
1948 COVER Swift N78225 on from cover Flying Magazine, May,
1948.
1948 "HAVE YOU SEEN" Flying Magazine, August, 1948. Two pictures
showing the different in the "new look" Swift. (Temco "D" window design.)
1949 ONE SWIFT LOOK" By Bennett L. Jackson. Air Facts Vol.
12, November, 1949. For every man, there's a best airplane; for the one,
it's a Swift 125.
1950's
1950 "DR. STEVENSON'S WANDERLUST" By Charles W. Roberts.
Flying Magazine, May, 1950. Story of a dentist flying a Swift.
1960's
1963 "I LEARNED ABOUT FLYING FROM THAT" By Leo Masuret. Flying
Magazine, March, 1963. Story about a checkout in Swift N80857.
1963 SWIFT THREE VIEW DRAWING By Jim Triggs. Air Progress
Magazine, Oct/Nov 1963. Triggs manages to draw something many have actually
tried unsucessfully; a 125 in an 85 cowl!
1966 "USED AIRCRAFT PILOT REPORT-THE SWIFT 125" By
Richard B. Weeghman. Flying Magazine, January 1966 (pgs 70-72)
1966 "THE SWIFTEST SWIFT" By C.R. Learn. Private Pilot Magazine,
March, 1966. Features N80823.
1966 "A SWIFT IN NEW PLUMAGE" By C.R. Learn. Private Pilot
Magazine, November, 1966.
1967 "GLOBE SWIFT" By Don Downie. Private Pilot Magazine,
October, 1967. Pilot report features Swift N3242K.
1967 AIRPLANES LESS THAN $3000 Flying Magazine, November,
1967. A Swift was one of many airplanes at that time that could be had for
under $3000.
1968 "YESTERDAY'S WINGS - THE SWIFT" Globe modernized its
pre-World War II design after the war ended and produced an all-metal,
retractable gear, low cantilever wing personal plane. By Peter M. Bowers.
AOPA Pilot Magazine, April, 1968. Basic history of the Swift written by aviation
historian Bowers.
1969 "GLOBE SWIFT" By Budd Davisson. Airprogress
Magazine, August, 1969. The first of many articles Bud wrote on
the Swift. In fact, according to Bud, it is the first pilot report he ever
wrote. Featured is Swift N3394K. Thanks to Bob
Dopita for sending along this info. To read this article click
here.
1969 "GLOBE SWIFT" By John Baer. Plane & Pilot Magazine,
June, 1969.
1969 "THE GLOBE SWIFT" By Stephan Wilkinson. Flying Magazine,
November, 1969. Pilot Report. Swift N78109.
1970's
1970 "THE SWIFT MAY BE FOR YOU" By Bob Broden. Plane &
Pilot Magazine, January, 1970.
1970 "WHO ARE YOU LITTLE SWIFT?" A Pilot's Report on an Airplane
with Character. By Richard Bach. Private Pilot Magazine, September, 1970.
Without a doubt the best story ever written on the Swift.
Click here to ready this story
1971 "THE SAGA OF THE SWIFT" By Bill Cox. Plane & Pilot
Magazine, June, 1971.
1971 "SANTA MONICA SWIFT AIR FORCE" Author unknown. Sport
Flying Magazine, August, 1971.
1972 "BUCKAROO, THE MILITARY SWIFT" By Dan Green. Sport Flying
Magazine, February, 1972.
1972 "CAPTAIN HOOK'S SWIFT" It looks like an ordinary Swift
at first glance, but once you see it perform, you know there's something
distinctive about Steve Halpern's amazing flying machine. By Budd Davisson.
Air Progress Magazine, June, 1972. Story about Steve Halpern's 250 hp
turbocharged Franklin engine Swift.
1973 "THE PHOENIX FLIES ON SWIFTLY" By Douglas Kimball. Sport
Flying Magazine, June, 1973. The story of Swifter Clay Beesley and how he
didn't let one little "hard" landing in his Swift dampen his sprits...
1974 "THE DAY PASSED SWIFTLY" By Budd Davisson. Sport Aircraft
Magazine, 1974. Story about the National Swift Fly-In at Kentucky Dam.
1974 "THE RACE DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO THE SWIFT" By Budd Davisson.
Air Progress, July, 1974. Buckaroo and Swift on cover. Buckaroo article.
1974 "1974 GRAND CHAMPION CLASSIC" By Bill Hodges. EAA Vintage
Airplane Magazine, October, 1974. Article on Ed Gorney and his Swift.
1975 "USED AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHECK: THE GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B"
To it's devotees, who are legion, it's a mighty mite with the class of a
mini-Spitfire. By Pauline Genung. AOPA Pilot Magazine, October, 1975. Brief
essay on ownership by author and her husband of Swift N3399K.
1975 "NATIONAL SWIFT ASSOCIATION" by Charlie Nelson. EAA
Sport Aviation Magazine, November, 1975. About Swifts, Swifters, and the
National Swift Association. Has the famous photo of the Swifts of Jerry Cobb
and Dave D'Arcy in formation with D'Arcy inverted.
1976 "THE LOST ENGINE" FAA General Aviation News,
August, 1976. A tear-away powerplant creates some special landing problems.
1977 "FEATURE AIRCRAFT" By Chuck Lischer. EAA Sport Aerobatics
Magazine, November, 1977. Picture of Swift N80779 on the cover.
1977 "BEST SWIFT" By Jim Montague. EAA Vintage Airplane Magazine,
November, 1977. N2334B wins best at Oshkosh.
1979 "A SWIFT AFFAIR... THAT'S LASTED 32 YEARS" By Bob Newton.
Air Progress Magazine, September, 1979. Story about Linn Gore's ownership
since new of Swift N3307K and pilot report.
1980's
1983 "FAVORITE AIRPLANES" By Budd Davisson. Air Progress
Magazine, March, 1983. Bud Davisson picks the Swift as one of his 5 favorite
airplanes. According to Davisson, "I've flown Swifts with Engines from
eighty-five horsepower to 250 turbocharged horses, and loved every minute
in every one of them".
1983 "SWIFT ROMANCE" Selling the Cherokee was practical,
but buying the Swift was irresistible-the best motive of all. By Hugh N.
Smith. Private Pilot Magazine, May, 1983. Proves a Swift is irresistible
to a Cherokee owner. Good story about the personal side of a Swift purchase.
1983 "SWIFTLY, SWIFTLY" An Appreciation of one of General
Aviation's Classic Aircraft. By Budd Davisson. Air Progress Magazine, August,
1983. History of Swift, tips on purchasing and what to look for, common mods.
1985 SWIFT ARTICLE EAA Vintage Airplane, January, 1985. Lee
Dorance and his Swift N3323K.
1986 "BECOMING OF AGE" Devoted owners and a host of modifications
help the Swift grow old gracefully. By Mark Twombly. AOPA Pilot Magazine,
April, 1986. Story about the Swift, Buckaroo, and the Swift Museum Foundation.
1986 "RESTORER BILLY COPP SWEETENS THE SWIFT" Ahead of its
time in design, the Globe Swift can be restored into a classy dream machine.
By Geza G. Szurovy. Plane & Pilot Magazine, May, 1986. Good story about
Billy Copp's 1980 Grand Champion Swift. Proves a 1966 Cessna paint scheme
looks good on a Swift. This Swift now based in Germany and owned by
George Isenburger.
1986 "THE SWIFT WINS THE DAY!" By Budd Davisson. Model Airplane
News Magazine, July, 1986. The radio control model airplane types find out
about the Swift.
1986 "THE SWIFT EXPERIENCE" By Clinton Lovell. EAA Vintage
Airplane, December, 1986.
1988 "USED AIRCRAFT GUIDE GLOBE/TEMCO SWIFT" The
Aviation Consumer, July 15, 1988 "If you prize style and sporty handling
above all, and have the heart of a hot rodder and the hands of a
do-it-yourselfer, consider the Globe Swift..."
1988 "SWIFTER THAN EAGLES" LoPresti Piper Unleashes the
Swiftfire. By Seth B. Golbey. AOPA Pilot Magazine, September, 1988. Story
about LoPresti's Swift with an Allison turboprop engine in it.
1989 "SWIFTFURY" By Ron Grable. Plane & Pilot Magazine,
August, 1989. Photos by Rich Cox at Athens.
1990's
1990 "LOPRESTI/PIPER SWIFTFURY" "Is it a swift airplane?
No doubt about it. But many other questions need answers before anyone cn
buy one." By Nigel Moll. Flying Magazine, July, 1990. Cover and article.
1990 "NOT-SO-MELLOW YELLOW" LoPresti Piper has put the finishing
touches on the SwiftFury prototype and now looks toward certification. By
Mark R. Twombly. AOPA Pilot Magazine, July, 1990. Article on the LoPresti
SwiftFury.
1991 "MUCH-MODIFIED SWIFT" George Pappas improves a classic.
By Don Downie. Private Pilot Magazine, September, 1991. The story of George
Pappas and Swift N78198. A Swift so modified when it was all finished, the
Swift was re-registered as a Pappas No. 201 homebuilt. Shows just how far
one guys can go with changes to a Swift.
1991 "GLOBE SWIFT, A 35,000 POUND MINI-SPITFIRE" By Alan
Bramson. Flyer Magazine (UK), October, 1991. A story about English Swifter
Roger Hamlett's Swift G-AHUN when it belonged to previous owner by Alex Craig.
BTW, 35,000 pounds refers to the Swift's price, not it's weight!
Click here to go to Roger's
Swift homepage and read this story...
1992 "MUSCLE BOUND SWIFT" A 1946 Globe Swift GC-1A tortoise
becomes a hot-performing hare - and a pretty one at that. By Ron Grable.
Plane & Pilot Magazine, January, 1992. Story about Swift N80779, ex-Chuck
Lischer, at the time owned by Mike Patlin. Now owned by Bill Stein.
1993 "AFFORDABLE FLYING" Affordable Flying Magazine, Volume
2, Issue number 3, Winter 1993. Story about Bud Brown's Swift N80999
1994 "DEDICATED AND LOVINGLY ECCENTRIC SWIFT OWNERS CONVERGE ON JACKSON,
CALIF. FOR WEST COAST FLY-IN" By Denis Arbeau. Pacific Flyer Aviation
News, November, 1994. Report on Westover '94.
1996 "SWIFT CONVENTION" Denton, Texas September 18-24, 1995.
By Phyllis R. Moses. EAA Vintage Airplane, February, 1996. Story about the
50th Anniversary of the Swift Fly-In.
1996 "ALL IN THE FAMILY" His And Hers: Globe Swifts. By R.
Scott Green, Private Pilot Magazine, April, 1996. Story and pilot report
about the Swifts owned and flown by Denis & Erin Arbeau. Also some Swift
history.
1996 "THE SWIFT WOMEN" Some are young, some are older, but
they are all having a love affair with the Swift. By Phyllis R. Moses. Women
Pilot Magazine, May/June, 1996. The lady Swift pilots get their story told.
Great magazine cover shot by Swifter Marsha Pike.
1997 "SWIFTEST OF THE SWIFTS" The venerable Swift has quietly
been gaining speed. By Alton K. Marsh. AOPA Pilot Magazine, November, 1997.
1998 "SWIFTIE!" Mild-Mannered Ex-Machinist Turns Into Fighter
Jock When He Straps On That Glorious Swift!. By Chuck Stewart. Pacific Flyer
Aviation News, May, 1998. Story about So-Cal Swifter Fred LaForge of San
Dimas, CA, and his Swift N3313K. Also a "sidebar" on Swift history with a
photo of Claude Morgan's Swift N69JR.
1998 PREPARING A SWIFT FOR AEROBATICS Or Just Good Performance.
Part 1. A treatise by Jim Montague. EAA Vintage Airplane Magazine, May, 1998.
1998 PREPARING A SWIFT FOR AEROBATICS Or Just Good Performance.
Part 2. A treatise by Jim Montague. EAA Vintage Airplane Magazine, June,
1998.
1999 THE GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B Article on Claude and Marnie Morgan's
Swift by Jordan Lam. Plane & Pilot Magazine, May 1999.
2000's
2000 LOPRESTI FURY Private century fighter, By Bill Cox,
Photography By James Lawrence. Plane & Pilot Magazine, April 2000.
(LoPresti Fury featured in the story was originally a Globe built GC-1A Swift
N80907 serial number 310.)
2001 SWINGING WITH THE SWIFT Rediscovering a classy dance partner,
By Rick Durden. AOPA Pilot Magazine, June 2001. Featuring Scott Anderson's award
winning stock Swift restoration.
2001 AERIAL HOT ROD Miguel "Ozzie" Nelson introduces us
to his 1946 Globe Swift, By Lynne McCready. Private Pilot Magazine, August 2001.
2002 "A SUPERB-FLYING SWIFT" By Marcia
"Sparky" Barnes. Custom Planes Magazine, September, 2002. (pgs 38-45)
2002 "VERY SWIFT" By Lynn Freeman. Plane & Pilot,
December 2002. Dorothy Golding's N90354
2004 "MARTHA'S VINEYARD" and "FREDERICKSBURG
TEXAS" articles involving Swifts and Swifters in Pilot Getaways
Magazine, Spring, 2004
2005 "SUPERCHARGING THE SWIFT"
Mods make the Swift all it can be-and more than its designers could have
imagined. By Budd Davisson. EAA "SPORT AVIATION", January 2005
2005 "TWO TOP 'TIN CAN' TAILDRAGGERS"
The advent of aluminum-shell aircraft still using tailwheels to land. By Richard
Harris. "IN FLIGHT USA", February, 2005
2005 "MANHATTAN
Fly The Hudson River Corridor!" A Bite of the Big Apple By Michael Coyle.
Pilot Getaways Magazine, November/December, 2005
2006 "Globe Swift GC-1B DAS GLANZSTUCK!"
By Claudia Stock "flieger magazin", May, 2006
2006 "REMEMBER WHEN... THE GLOBE SWIFT" For
those of us who recall the period, a boom in general aviation was to take place
following World War II. by Earl See AAHS Journal, Vol 51, No. 2,
Summer 2006.
 2006 "SWINGIN"
The nuances of jacking, swinging and inspecting Swift gear. By Sparky Barnes
Sargent. Vintage Airplane
Magazine, Volume 34, No.04, April 2006.
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2007 "GLOBE SWIFT" The rarest of birds a two-seat
retractable taildragger the Swift is fun to fly and affordable..." Aviation
Consumer Magazine, Volume 37, Number 2, February, 2007
2007 "GLOBE'S SWIFT MACHINE" Long on style and handling, Globe Temco’s durable, two-place Swift was one of the post-WWII singles.
By Bill Cox. Photography By James Lawrence. Plane & Pilot Magazine, May
2007.
2007 Spring issue of Sportsman Pilot has an
article on N3849K.
 2008
"NEMACOLIN WOODLANDS RESORT" – A four-star resort in
Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains. Swift serial
number 1110 N619JM (was N80917), owned by Swifter Mike Filucci, is on the cover, and featured throughout the article.
Pilot Getaways
Magazine, May/June 2008
1110 N80917 Mike Filucci, MD 210,
polished (N619JM)
BOOKS
"INTERNATIONAL SWIFT ASSOCIATION, INC. MEMBERSHIP REGISTRY &
INFORMATION MANUAL" By Charlie Nelson, The International Swift
Association, Inc., 1973. Registry containing photos, histories, etc. Circa
1970's. Lotsa Corbin mods, military paint jobs, long hair, sideburns, and
bellbottoms.
"THE WORLD OF THE SWIFT" By Charlie Nelson. The Swift Museum
Foundation, Inc., 1983. Membership registry and information updated from
the 1970's issue. Not so many Corbin mods, military paint jobs, long hair,
sideburns, or bellbottoms.
"U.S. CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES VOLUME 8" ATC#753 (5/42) Globe
"Swift" GC-1 and ATC#766 (5/7/46) Globe "Swift" GC-1A (GC-1B). By Joseph
P. Juptner. TAB Books, 1994. The history of the Swift from Juptner's famous
U.S. Civil Aircraft Series.
"THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE SWIFT" By Charlie Nelson.
Swift Museum Foundation, 1995. The Swift Association's tribute to the "FIRST"
50 years of the Swift. Detailed Swift histories and lots of pictures of Swifts
and Swifters! Hardly any Corbin mods, very few military paint jobs, no long
hair, sideburns, or bellbottoms. (Geeze, sideburns and bellbottoms
are coming back... but don't bet on those Corbin mods reappearing anytime
soon...) Available through The International Swift Association.
Call 423-744-9696 to order your copy.
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