Category Archives: American

WACO Model S3HD

Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President and General Manager: C. H. Brukner. Vice-president: Lee N. Brutus. Sales Manager: Hugh R. Perry. Chief Engineer: A. F. Arcier. Two-place open-or-closed biplane. P. & W. Wasp Junior engine, 420 horsepower. ATC 543. Span 32 feet 8.62 inches. Length overall 25 feet [...]

KITTY HAWK B-8

Viking Flying Boat Company, New Haven, Connecticut Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President: Robert E. Gross. Vice-president, Treasurer and Sales Manager: Courtlandt S. Gross. General Manager and Assistant Treasurer: Jacob L. Freed. Chief Engineer: Franklin T. Kurt. Three-place open biplane. A TC 392. Kinner B-5 engine, 125 horsepower. Span 28 feet 4 inches. [...]

BURNELLI UB-14A

Burnelli Aircraft, Ltd., Keyport, New Jersey Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President: 1. M. Uppercu. Vice-president and General Manager: Vincent J. Burnelli. Sales Manager: H. R. Boyce. Chief Engineers: (Military division) Dr. Michael Watter; (Transport division) R. Contini. Sixteen-place monoplane. Two P. & W. Hornet engines, 675 horsepower each. Span 71 feet 2.4 [...]

TAYLOR Cub E-2 and F-2

Taylor Aircraft Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President and General Manager: C. G. Taylor. Secretary-Treasurer: W. T. Piper. Sales Manager: T. Weld. Chief Engineer: W. C. Jamouneau. Export representative: Frederic Henjes, Jr., 24 State Street, New York City, New York. Two-place open or closed high-wing land monoplane. (Models E-2 and [...]

STINSON Senior Trainer Model O

Stinson Aircraft Corporation, Wayne, Michigan Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • Two-place open high-wing monoplane. Lycoming R-680-4 engine, 225 horsepower. Span 39 feet 11.5 inches. Length overall 21 feet 8 inches. Height overall 8 feet. Wing area 215 square feet. Power loading 11.75 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 12.3 pounds per square foot. Empty [...]

STINSON Model A Airliner

Stinson Aircraft Corporation, Wayne, Michigan Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President: B. D. DeWeese. Vice-president: W. A. Mara. Sales Manager: J. C. Kelley, Jr. Ten-place low-wing monoplane. Three Lycoming R-680-5 engines, 260 horsepower each. Span 60 feet. Length overall 36 feet 10 inches. Height overall 12 feet 9 inches. Wing area 500 square [...]

STEARMAN Model 81

Stearman Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President and General Manager: J. E. Schaeffer. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: Mac Short. Secretary-Treasurer: Clif Barron. Two-place open biplane. ATC 504. P. & W. Wasp Junior engine, 420 horsepower. Span 35 feet. Length overall 25 feet 1 inch. Height overall 9 feet 4 [...]

STAR Model E

Star Aircraft Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • President: John H. Kane. Vice-president, General Manager and Sales Manager: Billy Parker. Chief Engineer: Charles Peters. Two-place high-wing monoplane. A TC 321. Lambert R-266 engine, 90 horsepower. Span 31 feet. Length overall 20 feet 1 inch. Height overall 6 feet 8 inches. Wing [...]

SPARTAN Model C-5-301

Spartan Aircraft Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • Vice-president and General Manager: E. W. Hudlow. Chief Engineer: James B. Ford. Four-place high-wing monoplane. Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior engine, 320 horsepower. ATC 389. Span 50 feet. Length overall 32 feet 7.75 inches. Height overaIl 8 feet 11 inches. Wing area 299 [...]

SIKORSKY S-43

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn. Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935: • Seventeen-place high-wing amphibion. Two P. & W. Hornet S1E-G engines, 750 horsepower each. Span 84 feet. Length overall 50 feet 5 inches. Height overall 17 feet 9 inches. Wing area 775 square feet. Chord 11 feet 6 inches. Power loading 11.7 pounds per [...]