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Posted: August/25/2020 at 10:23pm  Quote
 
Maybe not.  I think that had tandem seating.

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Posted: August/25/2020 at 10:52pm  Quote
 
Sorry Jeff, that's not it. 

1. Manufactured in Pennsylvania in the 1930's - 40's
2. Space for Pilot and Passenger
3. Powered by a Continental A-40-4 flat-four
4. Single wing
5. It was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seats for two.
6. Instead of a conventional "stick" a wheel control was mounted hanging from overhead that was adjustable and could be moved between each of the two occupants.
7. While NOT an Aeronca, this aircraft is often mistakenly identified as a particular early Aeronca model because of it's unique shape.

Here is another clue..

8. Only 35 of this specific aircraft were produced by this company and cost $795 US at the time of their production.


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Posted: August/26/2020 at 7:46am  Quote
 
Mike,
This is starting to look like a non-military airplane.
How about the Funk UC-97?
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Taylor LBT glide bomb?
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Posted: August/26/2020 at 8:33am  Quote
 
This is a tough one because it is such an obscure aircraft.

1. Manufactured in Pennsylvania in the 1930's - 40's
2. Space for Pilot and Passenger
3. Powered by a Continental A-40-4 flat-four
4. Single wing
5. It was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seats for two.
6. Instead of a conventional "stick" a wheel control was mounted hanging from overhead that was adjustable and could be moved between each of the two occupants.
7. While NOT an Aeronca, this aircraft is often mistakenly identified as a particular early Aeronca model because of it's unique shape.
8. Only 35 of this specific aircraft were produced by this company and cost $795 US at the time of their production.

Ok... Final clue. 

9. It was a civilian aircraft but 3 of the 35 produced were purchased and used by United States Army Air Forces Flying Schools in the Northeast.

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Is it a Welch OW-5M??


 
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Is it a Welch OW-5M??


You are correct sir!  Well done!


I am very impressed. It is such a freakin' odd-ball aircraft and often mistaken as an Aeronca C-3.

Odem2002 is the winner!

For those interested the OW-5M was considered such an easy aircraft to fly that the USAAF used three in training (I assume they were scrounging anything that flew at the beginning of the war to train in) and many were used around the country in the 30's and 40's. Sadly Orin Welch died flying cargo for the Chinese Air Force in 1943.




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Welch OW-5M
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Welch OW-5M
Role      Two-seat cabin monoplane
National origin      United States
Manufacturer      Orin Welch Aircraft Company
Designer      Orin Moore Welch
First flight      April 1931
Unit cost      
$795 in 1931
Developed from      ACE Aircraft Falcon

The Welch OW-5M (along with the OW-6M, OW-7M and OW-8M) were a family of American two-seat light cabin monoplanes designed by Orin Welch based on his first cabin monoplane design, the ACA Falcon. Welch's goal was to design cheap and functional light aircraft. The aircraft is a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seats for two. It is similar in appearance to the Aeronca C-3, save for the wing struts. It had a steerable tailwheel landing gear and a nose-mounted engine. The fuselage was constructed with fabric covered welded steel tubing with a triangular cross section. The controls were mounted overhead with an adjustable control wheel that could be positioned for either pilot. Welch developed their own low-pressure wheels and tires for suspension.[1]

Welch aircraft were first built by Welch Aircraft Industries, then production moved to Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania in 1940, with the first aircraft christened "The Wyoming Valley". Total production of all types was 55 aircraft, 35 of which were Continental powered OW-5M models.

Their company location history 1927: (Orin) Welch Aircraft Co, Anderson IN. 1928: Welch Aviation Co. 1931: Refinancing as Air-Craft Corp of America, 1406 S Meridian Ave, Anderson and Portland IN. 1936: Welch Aircraft Industries Inc, 1720 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend IN. 1940: Acquired by Aircraft Corp, La Porte IN; Welch Aircraft Developments, 221 Conyham St, Wilkes Barre PA.


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