Stinson Airliner
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The Stinson SM-6000 Airliner was a 1930s three-engined 10-passenger airliner designed and built by the Stinson Aircraft Corporation. The SM-6000 was a high-wing braced monoplane with room for a pilot and a cabin for ten passengers. It was powered by three 215hp (160kW) Lycoming R-680 engines strut-mounted one each side above the main landing gear units and one in the nose. A number of variants were built mainly with improved interiors.

alive 10 days after their Stinson airliner "City of Brisbane" disappeared on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. $6.1
B, Stinson Airliner, Luscombe 8, Hamilton H-47, Fairchild Model 45, Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, Lockheed Model 9 Orion, Piper J-3, Fairchild C-82 Packet, Stinson Reliant, Harlow PJC-2, Junkers Ju 2
February 1937, a Stinson Airliner, VH-UHH went missing on a flight from Brisbane to Lismore. The airliner crashed into the dense rainforest on the Lamington Plateau.3
In 1937, a Stinson airliner with seven people on board, crashed on a mountain to the north of Lamington Plateau while on route from Brisbane to Sydney, via Lismore.4
of the Stinson Airliner crash in 1937.5
O’Reilly in locating the wreck of a downed Stinson airliner in February 1937, and saving the lives of two survivors, brought fame to the O’Reilly family and their guest house, from which Bernard had set 6
shocked to hear that a Stinson airliner was reported missing on a flight from Brisbane.7

Made by Stinson Aircraft Company.

Stearman Seaplane Stinson Airliner Stinson Detroiter Stinson Jr.8
the lives of the only two survivors of the crashed Stinson airliner in February 1937.9
the Stinson Airliner crash in 1937. The hike is 34 kilometres (2 days) and you need to be experienced with the right gear as it is challenging.10
where the stinson airliner went down in the 1930's and you can do a guided walk to the crash site but I am told it is harder going than the Kokoder 11
A Stinson airliner bound for Lismore across the mountains flew over Lamington into the mist and dissapeared.12
a stinson airliner dissappears on a routine flight from Brisbane to Sydney.13
Empty Weight Lb
5670
Wing Area Sqm
46
Eng 1 Type
Lycoming R-680
Cruise Speed Kmh
200
Ceiling Ft
14200
Cruise Speed Mph
125
Eng 1 Kw
160
Span In
Gross Weight Lb
8600
Capacity
10
Number Built
24
53
Crew
2
Climb Rate Ftmin
1000
Empty Weight Kg
2620
Gross Weight Kg
3910
Height In
Range Km
628
Climb Rate Ms
5
Manufacturer
Stinson Aircraft Company
Range Miles
390
Max Speed Mph
146
Max Speed Kmh
234
Height Ft
12
Span Ft
60
National Origin
United States
Wing Area Sqft
490
Met Or Eng
eng
Span M
13
Length Ft
42
Height M
4
Ceiling M
4330
Eng 1 Hp
215
Eng 1 Number
3
Length In
Length M
18
Category
Stinson aircraft
United States airliners 1930-1939

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