Kinner Airster photo from Aero Digest September 1926
The Airster appeared in 1920 designed by Bert Kinner, it was a one or two seat open-cockpit single-engine biplane. The first single-seat Airster was powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Lawrance L-4 radial engine. When the prototype crashed on a test flight it was rebuilt as a two-seater with a wider cockpit. One Airster named The Canary was bought by Amelia Earhart while she was learning to fly. Later production aircraft had slab-sided plywood fuselages and were powered by a variety of 60 hp (45 kW) engines.[1]
In 1927 the company produced a three-seat variant powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-2 engine, with the last Airster being built in 1927. Design rights were sold to the Crown Carriage Works in 1929 who produced a version designated the Crown B-3.[1]
kinner, airster, american, seat, single, engined, biplane, designed, bert, kinner, built, kinner, airplane, motor, corporation, airster, neta, snook, amelia, earhart, front, earhart, airster, 1921, role, seat, biplane, national, origin, united, states, manufac. The Kinner Airster is an American two seat single engined biplane designed by Bert Kinner and built by his Kinner Airplane amp Motor Corporation 1 Airster L R Neta Snook and Amelia Earhart in front of Earhart s Airster c 1921 Role Two seat biplane National origin United States Manufacturer Kinner Airplane amp Motor Corporation Designer Bert Kinner First flight 1920Development edit nbsp Kinner Airster photo from Aero Digest September 1926 The Airster appeared in 1920 designed by Bert Kinner it was a one or two seat open cockpit single engine biplane The first single seat Airster was powered by a 60 hp 45 kW Lawrance L 4 radial engine When the prototype crashed on a test flight it was rebuilt as a two seater with a wider cockpit One Airster named The Canary was bought by Amelia Earhart while she was learning to fly Later production aircraft had slab sided plywood fuselages and were powered by a variety of 60 hp 45 kW engines 1 In 1927 the company produced a three seat variant powered by a 100 hp 75 kW Kinner K 2 engine with the last Airster being built in 1927 Design rights were sold to the Crown Carriage Works in 1929 who produced a version designated the Crown B 3 1 Specifications editData from 1 General characteristicsCrew 2 Length 21 ft 4 in 6 50 m Wingspan 28 ft 0 in 8 53 m Powerplant 1 Lawrance L 5 radial piston engine 60 hp 45 kW Performance Maximum speed 85 mph 137 km h 74 kn Cruise speed 70 mph 110 km h 61 kn Range 300 mi 480 km 260 nmi Service ceiling 14 000 ft 4 300 m References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kinner Airster a b c d American airplanes Kinner www aerofiles com 7 April 2009 Retrieved 2010 01 01 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kinner Airster amp oldid 1065029629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
