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The Gwinn Aircar was a single-engined biplane with a cabin for two designed in the USA as a safe and simple private aircraft. Lacking a rudder it had several unusual control features as well as an early tricycle undercarriage. Development was abandoned after a crash in 1938.
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Frank Hawks and the Gwinn Aircar. Near East Aurora, New York. Augus...1
firm called the Gwinn Aircar Company, of Buffalo, N.Y., was casting
about for the right woman to sell its new product, a small airplane
with tricycle landing gear.2
The Gwinn Aircar uses this section.3
33, Jan 1995 Gwinn Aircar; New York Hospital For Aotiques Bulgarian
Aircraft Industry 1924-45 Messerschmitt Taifun; First Sikorsky S-38s;
Dornier DoA Libelle; More On Tom Towle; Messerschmitt Bf 108 cockpit;
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Made by Gwinn Aircar CompanyInc..
Like the Model 111, the Gwinn Aircar was a strange-looking aeroplane
and the pair are worth comparison. The view from the Aircar cockpit
must have been extremely limited.5
worked for the Gwinn Aircar Company, a job that included flight
testing a new tricycle landing gear.6
, forwarded data on the Gwinn Aircar of 1937; Miss Elsa
Needham, of Washington, D. C, gave photographs of lighter-than-air
craft; R. M. Kinderman, of Hazlet, N. J.7
was killed in 1938 flying a Gwinn Aircar that many experts considered
a far safer aircraft than those he normally flew.8
Empty Weight Lb
1099
Designer
Joseph M. Gwinn
Jr.
Eng 1 Type
7
Cruise Speed Mph
103
Capacity
2
Origin
United States
Number Built
2
Prop Blade Number
2
Max Takeoff Weight Kg
1532
Manufacturer
Range Miles
495
Max Speed Mph
118
Eng 1 Name
Pobjoy Niagara
Span In
Span Ft
24
National Origin
United States
Wing Area Sqft
169
Length Ft
16
Prime Units
imp
Eng 1 Hp
95
Eng 1 Number
1
Length In
3
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