Eshelman FW-5 | |
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Role | Experimental cabin monoplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Cheston L. Eshelman Company |
Designer | Cheston Lee Eshelman |
First flight | 1942 |
Number built | 2 |
The Eshelman FW-5 was a 1940s American experimental cabin monoplane designed and built at Dundalk, Maryland by the Cheston L. Eshelman Company. [1]
The FW-5 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane, it had an unusual wing planform in which the wing centre-section was blended into the fuselage, this gave rise to the name The Wing. [1] It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a 325 hp (242 kW) Avco Lycoming flat-six piston engine. [1] The enclosed cabin had room for a pilot and three passengers. First flown in 1942 only two aircraft were built. [2]
Data fromThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft [1]
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