Aviation's Aircraft Handbook |
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1-Sg Ec Aeronautical ailerons Aircraft Corp airplane altitude aluminum alloy amphibian arrangement automatic AVIATION Bellanca BG-HT biplane bracing brakes built bulkhead cabin cantilever carburetor carried center section cockpit compartment construction controllable pitch propellers cowling crankshaft cruising speed Curtiss-Wright cylinder dural duralumin fabric covered fitted flight floats fuel fuselage gine gross weight Hornet hull installed Kinner landing gear landing speed length overall lubricating machine Maximum speed ment metal mixture control Model monocoque monoplane nacelles oleo shock absorber operating panels passengers pilot plane poppet valves power plant Pratt & Whitney pressure prr Al,S radio range rear ribs riveted rocker box rudder sea level seaplane seats ship span spar sq.ft ST WI Fab stabilizer standard streamlined structure struts supercharger tail surfaces tank tion top speed trailing edge flaps transport Waco Wasp weight empty wing area wing loading Wright Cyclone