Pheasant H-10

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Pheasant H-10
Pheasant H-10.jpg
Pheasant H-10 on display
RoleBiplane
National origin United States of America
Manufacturer The Pheasant Aircraft Company
Designer Orville Hickman
Introduction1928
Produced1928-1930
Number built41
Unit cost
2650 dollars (1928)

The H-10 Pheasant was a tandem-seat conventional landing gear-equipped biplane with fabric covering, built in 1928 by the Pheasant Aircraft Company to compete in the crowded market of barnstorming biplanes. The company dissolved shortly after, during the Great Depression of the early 1930s.

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Development

The H-10 was designed by Orville Hickman for Lee R. Biggs, owner of the newly formed Pheasant Aircraft Company in Memphis, Missouri. Eleven units were built before the death of the company founder in a flying accident on December 5, 1927. [1] Race pilot Steve Wittman took over as test pilot. Wittman helped relocate the company to his home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin when Adolf Bechaud and his associates purchased the company. [2]

Design

The Pheasant H-10 is made from a welded steel tube fuselage with a fabric covering. The aircraft was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) water cooled Curtiss OX-5 engine. The landing gear was conventionally mounted, with a tail skid.

Operational history

Pheasant test pilot Steve Wittman entered The H-10 was entered into the September 8, 1928 Air Derby from New York to Los Angeles. Dropping out due to radiator trouble in the desert. Wittman finished 12th out of 38 entries. Wittman raced again in the 1928 Air Derby from Los Angeles to Cincinnati and finished in 4th place. He also entered the H-10 in the 1929 National Air Races in Cleveland. [3]

Survivors

Specifications Pheasant H-10

Data from EAA Museum

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Granddaughters of Pheasant Aircraft Company founder see plane for first time". KTVO-TV via website. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "1929 Pheasant H-10 - NC151N" . Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  3. Sport Aviation. 33. 1984.Missing or empty |title= (help)

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