civilian and military trainers
Avro 504A
Avro 504B
Avro 504J
Produced by Alliott Verdon Roe, Britain’s great pioneering aircraft designer, the Avro 504 trained nearly every British pilot in the Great War; over 8,000 were built. Especially suitable for the purpose of training pilots, it was the standard training machine of the Royal Air Force. The plane’s diagnostic feature is the the [...]
The Standard J-R was a development of the preliminary training tractor machine built by the same makers. It was equipped with a 175-h.p. six-cylinder Hall-Scott motor, is capable of climbing 5000 feet in 10 minutes, and had a maximum flying speed of 95 m.p.h. and a landing speed of 48 m.p.h.
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by [...]
The most famous and widely used American airplane of the World War One era. In the 1920’s countless ‘barnstormers’ flew Jennies in flight exhibitions all over the United States. The Curtiss tractor was identified by its manufacturers as Model JNB-4 and was been largely used for training purposes during the war.
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†[...]
Under the American system of training aviators, the pupil goes into the air directly on completing his course of ground instruction, that is, in the details of the mechanism, theory, and assembly of the aeroplane, instead of as in the French system, being obliged to get his preliminary “flying in a penguin, or practically wingless [...]
Up to the time that the United States entered the war, American aeroplane procurements were confined to machines intended for training purposes. This Aeromarine biplane was fairly typical of U.S. trainers at the time.
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by Charles Hayward, 1919
Performance. The Aeromarine trainer has a top speed of 90 m.p.h., and lands [...]
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 weight [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Wiley Post Aircraft Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• President: Wiley Post. Vice-president: Mark Kleeden. Secretary and Treasurer: Thomas J. Ruddy. General Manager: J. H. Burke. Chief Engineer: Evert Stong.
Two-place open biplane. Straughan AL-1000 (Ford Model 1A) engine, 40 horsepower. A TC 561. Span upper wing 28 feet 6 inches, span [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
• President and General Manager: Charles F. Barndt. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: P. B. Rogers. Sales Manager: C. L. Johnston.
Two-place open biplane. A TC 228. American Cirrus engine, 100 horsepower.
Span 26 feet 8 inches. Length overall 20 feet 4 inches. Height overall 7 feet [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
• President: Maj or Reuben H. Fleet. Vice president and General Manager: Lawrence D. Bell. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: Ray P. Whitman.
Two-place open biplane. Wright Whirlwind R760E engine, 240 horsepower.
Span 31 feet 6 inches. Length overall 26 feet 9 inches. Height overall 9 feet [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri
• Two-place open biplane. (Models 16E and 16WJ respectively; data on 16WJ indicated in brackets.) Wright Whirlwind R-540-E engine, 175 horsepower (Warner Scarab Junior engine, 90 horsepower).
Span 28 feet 10 inches. Length overall 20 feet 9 inches. Height overall 8 feet 10 inches. Wing area 222 [...]
