Security Airster S-1

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Airster S-1
RoleTwo-seat light monoplane
National origin United States
ManufacturerSecurity National Aircraft Corporation
American Aircraft Corporation
Designer Bert Kinner
First flight1933
Number built19

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]

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Development

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]

Variants

Airster S-1
Prototypes powered by 100hp (75kW) Kinner K-5 radial engine, two built. [4]
Airster S-1-A
Production version, 12 built. [4]
Airster S-1-B
Revised 1939 variant with a 125hp (93kW) Security S5-125 radial engine, five built. [4]

Specifications (S-1-A)

Data from [4]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Orbis 1985, p. 2899
  2. ↑ "A Plane-Crazy America". AOPA Pilot. May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Joan Burroughs" . Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "American airplanes - Sa - Si". www.aerofiles.com. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  5. 1 2 Flight 24 May 1934, p. 522.

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