Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
Aircraft Original Type: | Fleetwings A-1 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Fleetwings A-1 |
Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings A-1 |
C/n (msn): | None issued |
City / Airport: | Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton (closed) |
Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
Photo Date: | 1940 |
Photo from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
Photo ID: | 680516Submit Correction |
View count: | 335 |
The Fleetwings Model 27 was a private venture radio controlled aerial gunnery target built in 1940 and known as the A-1. It had fabric covered 20ft span wings with split flaps and fabric covered empennage and flight controls. A Continental A65 engine gave a top speed of 180 mph. The radio set was located in a compartment positioned on the center of gravity, so with the equipment removed it could carry a pilot. On 1 April 1940 test pilot William H. Engle took it for a flight from the Aircraft Radio Corporation airfield at Boonton/NJ. Military designation believed to be OQ-1. No further examples were built. Collection holder William Engle is the son of Fleetwings test pilot William H. Engle.
Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings A-1 |
C/n (msn): | None issued |
City / Airport: | Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton (closed) | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
Photo Date: | 1940 |
Photo from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
Aircraft Original Type: | Fleetwings A-1 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Fleetwings A-1 |
Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings A-1 |
C/n (msn): | None issued |
City / Airport: | Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton (closed) |
Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
Photo Date: | 1940 |
Photo from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
Photo ID: | 680516Submit Correction |
View count: | 335 |
The Fleetwings Model 27 was a private venture radio controlled aerial gunnery target built in 1940 and known as the A-1. It had fabric covered 20ft span wings with split flaps and fabric covered empennage and flight controls. A Continental A65 engine gave a top speed of 180 mph. The radio set was located in a compartment positioned on the center of gravity, so with the equipment removed it could carry a pilot. On 1 April 1940 test pilot William H. Engle took it for a flight from the Aircraft Radio Corporation airfield at Boonton/NJ. Military designation believed to be OQ-1. No further examples were built. Collection holder William Engle is the son of Fleetwings test pilot William H. Engle.
Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
Aircraft Version: | Fleetwings A-1 |
C/n (msn): | None issued |
City / Airport: | Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton (closed) | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
Photo Date: | 1940 |
Photo from: | William Engle Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |