from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
E. M. Laird Airplane Company, Chicago, Illinois
• President and General Manager: E. M. Laird. Vice-president and Sales Manager: H. L. Packer. Chief Engineer: R. L. Heinrich.
Three-place open biplane. Wright Whirlwind J -6, R-760E-l engine, 285 h.p. Span 34 feet. Length overall 24 ft. 7 in. Height overall 9 ft. 3 in. Wing area 295 sq. ft. Power loading 10.6 pounds per h.p. Wing loading 10.2 pounds per sq. ft.
Empty weight 1927 pounds. Useful load 1108 pounds. Payload 390 pounds. Gross weight 3035 pounds. Fuel capacity 85 gallons. Oil capacity 7 gallons.
Maximum speed 150 m.p.h. Cruising speed 135 m.p.h. Landing speed 45 m.p.h. Service ceiling 20,000 ft. Rate of climb 1500 feet per minute. Cruising range 600 miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered; duralumin tubing and tie rods; tandem seating arrangement; two large baggage compartments directly in rear of pilot’s seat. Wings: fabric covered; solid spruce spars; ribs of three-ply plywood, reinforced with spruce struts and spruce capping strips; solid spruce compression struts and rigid drag bracing; ailerons independently controlled by push and pull tube system. Tail group: fabric covered; spruce spars and ribs; elevators, rudder and fin welded steel tubing; sheet; stabilizer adjustable from cockpit by vernier type hand controlled unit with indicator. Fixed type landing gear of wide tread and General streamlined tires; Bendix wheels and brakes. Brakes operated by Laird rudder brake pedals in which rudder and brake pedal are a single unit.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard fixed pitch metal propeller, Exide battery, navigation lights, RCA radio, direct electric starter, rear cockpit heater, dual controls, double slot NACA engine cowling.
Instruments: compass, air speed indicator, tachometer, turn and bank indicator, climb indicator, engine head temperature gauge, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge and ice warning indicator.