Great Lakes Sport Trainer
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Original source: Manufacturer: Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation (USA; founded 1928); Great Lakes 2T-1A-1; Plane Great Lakes Sept. 2005 Photographer: Christoph Grimlowski/Germany

The Great Lakes Sport Trainer is an American biplane trainer and aerobatic aircraft. Originally produced in large numbers before the company building it went bankrupt in the Great Depression in 1933. Owing to its continuing popularity however it was eventually placed back into production in the 1970s.

* Great Lakes Sport Trainer Great Lakes Sport Trainer * De Havilland Hornet Moth De Havilland Hornet Moth Bücker Bü 131 elsewhere on the 1
The Great Lakes Sport Trainer was a favorite of many pilots during the early 30’s.2
admirer of the Great Lakes Sport Trainer, so it was under-standable that he decided to scale this beautiful ship down when he set out to design his first home-built.3

Made by Great Lakes Aircraft CompanyWACO Classic Aircraft.

Great Lakes Sport Trainer (Great Lakes 2T-1A scale 3-view plans); Last and First by Handley Page - The Heyford and Halifax both with cutaway drawings (HP Halifax part 1); 4
Great Lakes Sport Trainer (on loan from the Air Power museum in Blakesburg, IA) and several more.5
Steen Aero Lab sells plans for the Great Lakes Sport Trainer 2T - is this essentially just an update of the original design for modern engines? I thought the original was powered by a 6
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
2.24 m
Stall Speed Main
50
Length Alt
6.20 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
1800.0
Power Alt
134.0
Range Main
260.0
Max Speed Alt
7920.0
Loading Main
10
Power/mass Main
360.0
Power/mass Alt
160
Height Main
223.52
Airfoil
M-12
Cruise Speed Main
102
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
816.0
Ceiling Main
17000.0
Type Of Prop
4
Crew
2
Max Speed More
at sea level
Span Main
812.8000000000001
Cruise Speed Alt
7080.0
Area Main
187.6
Span Alt
8.13 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Lycoming IO-360-B1F6
Manufacturer
Great Lakes Aircraft Company
WACO Classic Aircraft
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
1929
Production End Year
1929
Climb Rate Main
1400.0
Power Main
180 hp
Production Start Year
1929
Stall Speed Alt
3420.0
Max Speed Main
115
Climb Rate Alt
7.2 m-s
Length Main
619.76
Area Alt
17.43 m²
Range Alt
18000.0
Similar Aircraft
*Bucker Jungmann*Pitts S-2*Oldfield Baby Great Lakes A scaled down homebuilt based on the Sport Trainer
Empty Weight Main
1230.0
Ceiling Alt
5
180 m
Category
United States civil trainer aircraft 1920-1929
Produced
1929
Empty Weight Alt
558.0
Loading Alt
47

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