| Airster S-1 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Two-seat light monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Security National Aircraft Corporation American Aircraft Corporation |
| Designer | Bert Kinner |
| First flight | 1933 |
| Number built | 19 |
The Security Airster S-1 is an American two-seat single-engined monoplane designed by Bert Kinner and built by his Security National Aircraft Corporation later named the American Aircraft Corporation. [1]
The Airster S-1 appeared in 1933 after the designer Bert Kinner had started the Security National Aircraft Corporation to build it. [1] The Airster S-1-A was a side-by-side two-seat single-engined low-wing braced monoplane, it had folding wings and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. [1] The aircraft was powered by one of Kinners engines the 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5 radial. [1] A coupe option was available to enclose the open cockpit. [1] The economic situation in the United States of the early 1930s was not a good time to launch a light aircraft and only 15 were built when production of the S-1A stopped in January 1935. [1] One of the purchasers of the aircraft turned out to be Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan series. [2] [3]
In 1939 with the company renamed the American Aircraft Corporation, Kinner attempted to restart production with a revised Airster S-1-B, again powered by his own engine a 125 hp (93 kW) Security S5-125 radial. [1] Times were no better and only about five were built before the factory and assets were bought in 1942 by the National Airplane & Motor Company. [1]
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