| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N5855V |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Custer CCW-5 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Custer CCW-5 |
| Aircraft Version: | Custer CCW-5 Channel Wing |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KRDG IATA: RDG Local: RDG Other: - |
| Collection: | Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | 27 April 2004 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 9687 |
| Photo Comment |
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The Custer CCW-5 was designed to give STOL performance by the pusher engines pulling air through the wing 'channels'. This worked OK, but the extra drag caused by the aircraft's layout cancelled out the benefits. It was intensively tested between 1953 and the 1970s, but no production orders were secured. Now preserved by the MAAM at Reading, PA. This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 September 2017, and has since been viewed 189 times. |