Arrow Sport

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Arrow Sport
Arrow Sport Lakeland FL 18.04.07R.jpg
Arrow Sport of 1927 at Lakeland, Florida, in April 2007
RoleSports plane
Manufacturer Arrow Aircraft and Motors
DesignerSven Swanson
First flight1926
Number builtca. 100

The Arrow Sport was a two-seat sporting biplane aircraft built in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Design and construction

The plane was designed by Swen Swanson and it was of largely conventional configuration with tailskid undercarriage, but was interesting in that the pilot and passenger sat side by side in the open cockpit, and because as originally designed, the fully cantilever wings lacked interplane struts – the upper wing attaching directly to the top of the fuselage. This latter feature proved so alarming to many prospective pilots that the manufacturer later supplied N-type struts that were of no real function other than to allay the aviators' fears.

Survivors

An Arrow Sport A2-60 at the Udvar-Hazy Center. 20180328 Arrow Sport A2-60 Udvar-Hazy 2.jpg
An Arrow Sport A2-60 at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Arrow Sport at the Lincoln Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Arrow Sport, Lincoln Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.jpg
Arrow Sport at the Lincoln Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Nine biplane Sports remain registered in the United States as of 2020, mostly in museums and private collections, [1] including:

Variants

Specifications (A2-60)

Data from American airplane specifications [8]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

Notes
  1. FAA Registration Query
  2. Ogden, Eloise (December 1, 2017). "North Dakota residents rebuild and model biplane for museum". Seattle Times .
  3. Ogden, 2007, p. 572
  4. Smithsonian: "Arrow Sport A2-60"
  5. Popular Aviation: 15. July 1931.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Zenith Z-6-B". Aero Digest. September 1931. p. 68.
  7. Trade-a-Plane: "1938 Arrow Sport M"
  8. Aviation January 1932, pp. 47, 50.
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