| Aerocraft 2AS | |
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| The sole surviving Timm Aerocraft 2AS preserved at the Iowa Aviation Museum at Greenfield, Iowa in 2006 | |
| Role | Primary training aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Wally Timm Company, Aetna Aircraft Corp |
| First flight | 1941 |
| Status | one surviving aircraft |
| Number built | 6 |
| Developed from | Kinner Sportwing |
The Aerocraft 2AS is a tandem-seat training aircraft developed from the Kinner Sportwing.
Timm formed the Wally Timm Company in Glendale, California. [1] He purchased the rights to the Kinner Sportwing, a side-by-side monoplane training aircraft and modified it as a tandem-seat trainer to compete for the Civilian Pilot Training Program build-up prior to World War II. The prototype received ATC# 733 on January 1, 1941. The Timm Aerocraft 2AS lost out to a Fairchild design. The design was sold to Aetna Aircraft, with only six examples produced. [2] [3]
The Aerocraft is a conventional landing gear equipped, strut-braced, low-winged monoplane with open cockpit tandem seating and a Kinner R-5 radial engine. The fuselage is welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. The wing uses wooden spars and ribs with fabric covering. [4]
The prototype aircraft was test flown by longtime Timm associate Frank Clarke in 1941. [5]
An Aetna 2AS won the Antique Champion award at the 1985 EAA Airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. [6]
The sole surviving Timm 2AS, the fourth to be built, is preserved in an airworthy condition at the Iowa Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame located at Greenfield, Iowa. [7]
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