| Airster | |
|---|---|
 L–R: Neta Snook and Amelia Earhart in front of Earhart's Airster, c.1921 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Two-seat biplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation |
| Designer | |
| History | |
| First flight | 1920 |
The Kinner Airster is an American two-seat single-engined biplane designed by Bert Kinner and built by his Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation. [1]
The Airster appeared in 1920 designed by Bert Kinner, it was a one or two seat open-cockpit single-engine biplane. The first single-seat Airster was powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Lawrance L-4 radial engine. When the prototype crashed on a test flight it was rebuilt as a two-seater with a wider cockpit. One Airster named The Canary was bought by Amelia Earhart while she was learning to fly. Later production aircraft had slab-sided plywood fuselages and were powered by a variety of 60 hp (45 kW) engines. [1]
In 1927 the company produced a three-seat variant powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-2 engine, with the last Airster being built in 1927. Design rights were sold to the Crown Carriage Works in 1929 who produced a version designated the Crown B-3. [1]
Data from [1]
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