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- Gwinn - Aircar - 1936 - США
- Convair - AirCar / Model 111 - 1946 - США
Фотографии
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
The Gwinn "Aircar" (95 h.p. Pobjoy "Niagara" engine).
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. The first Aircar was produced in 1937 and was powered by a Pobjoy Niagara II engine. A second Aircar was also completed and had a Niagara V engine. The makers claimed that it was impossible to spin or stall the aircraft. The elevators were restricted to a total movement of 8 1/2 degrees and there was no rudder. DATA: Span 24 ft., length 16 ft. 3 in.; weight, empty 1,099 lb., loaded 1,532 lb.; maximum speed 118 m.p.h., cruising speed 103 m.p.h.; range 495 miles. Accommodation was for two persons in side-by-side seats. -
Flight 1937-09 / Flight
The Gwinn Aircar typify the present American trend toward three-wheeled undercarriages. This machine is offered as a practical private-owner type. A Pobjoy powers the Gwinn.
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Air-Britain Archive 1997-04 / Extracts
Регистрационный номер: X1271 [2] The prototype Gwinn Aircar X1271 of 1937 shown flying over New York City piloted by Lt Cdr Frank M Hawks. This aircraft was designed to be as simple to operate as the average car and was one of several solutions to this requirement to be put forward at that time.
Flying, January 1951: * p.62 - Following a request for details there is a short description of the unconventional Gwinn Aircar on 1937. It implies that more than one example was built.
Flying, January 1951: * p.62 - The Gwinn Aircar of 1937 was an attempt by WWI flier and noted aeronautical engineer John Gwinn Jr to produce a safe and foolproof aircraft with automobile-type controls. The Model 1 registered X1271 c/n 501 had a 90 hp Pobjoy Niagara II engine, tricycle undercarriage, no tailskid or wheel and no rudder (see photo). Control was by steering wheel, foot pedals and a foot-operated accelerator for the throttle. Wingspan was 24 ft, length 16 ft 3 in, height 6 ft 10 in, empty weight 1095 lb, loaded 1532 lb, maximum speed 120 mph and cruise 108 mph. It was demonstrated all over the USA by veteran speed pilot Lt Cdr Frank Hawks and by aviatrix Nancy Love. A second example, the Model 2 registered NC16921, was fitted with a 130 hp Niagara V engine but had reverted to Niagara II when it crashed on 23.8.38 near Buffalo, NY after hitting high-tension wires on takeoff, killing Hawks. Gwinn then suspended plans for further production and closed down his works. -
Flight 1937-12 / Flight
Регистрационный номер: X1271 [2] BIZARRE: The Gwinn Aircar is flown by its demonstrator, Lt. Cdr. Frank Hawks, over New York. Though its control system and flying characteristics are designed to make this quaint machine virtually foolproof, the urban paraphernalia below looks no less uninviting to the pilot of a single-engined machine.
