Lasco Lascoter

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Lascoter
Rolemonoplane airliner
Manufacturer Larkin Aircraft Supply Company
DesignerW. S. Shackleton
First flight25 May 1929
Introduction1929
Retired1938
Primary usersAustralian Aerial Services
New England Airways
Number built1

The Lasco Lascoter was a 1920s Australian 6-seat passenger and mail carrier aircraft built by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Company (Lasco) at Coode Island, Victoria. It was the first Australian-designed and built airliner to be granted a Certificate of Airworthiness. [1]

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History

The Lascoter was a high-wing monoplane with a tubular steel structure, featuring a tailwheel undercarriage and a fully enclosed cabin for the passengers and the pilot. [2] It flew for the first time on 25 May 1929; [3] despite being damaged in a landing accident at Coode Island in May, [4] it received its Certificate of Airworthiness on 22 July 1929. [1] It was then put into service with Australian Aerial Services, an airline owned by Lasco, and used on an air mail route between Camooweal, Queensland and Daly Waters, Northern Territory. [5] [6] The Lascoter was used by Australian Aerial Services and its successors until being withdrawn from use in 1938; [7] it was scrapped during World War II. [1]

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Specifications

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lascoter history page. Retrieved: 16 December 2008
  2. "AN AUSTRALIAN MONOPLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER. The Larkin "Lascoter"", Flight magazine, 8 August 1929, p.855 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008
  3. History of Larkin Aircraft Supply Company. Retrieved: 16 December 2008
  4. History of Australian Aerial Services. Retrieved: 16 December 2008
  5. "AUSTRALIAN AERIAL SERVICES, LTD. COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES", Flight magazine, 19 December 1930, p.1468 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008
  6. "Australian-Built Aircraft Approved", Flight magazine, 23 November 1933, p. 1176 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008
  7. Australian online historic aircraft register, VH-U__ block Archived 2 August 2012 at archive.today (The Lascoter was registered VH-UKT). Retrieved: 16 December 2008