Kingston OK.
USA
Airplane builder circa 1910.
Author: Terry
Thompson Aircraft Co Boxmoth
Thompson expanded his experiment in powering a boxkite with a model airplane engine into full-size reality with twin vinyl-covered aluminum-tube frames and a 55hp snowmobile motor and a prop in 1972. A two-place tandem “flying box-kite” a test pilot, reported in his own words, “Great stability. I was 35 feet off the ground before I realized I had taken off!”
FAA registration N64492 was issued on 30 March 1973, seen as still valid in mid-2007. Marketed plans for $75.
(Richard) Thompson Aircraft Co
Philadelphia PA.
USA
Circa 1972 built the Boxmoth
Thompson 1956 Monoplane
Built in 1956 by W Z Thompson as a two-place enclosed, low-wing monoplane, registered N4054A.
Engine: Continental A-65-8, 65hp
Wing span: 16’10”
Length: 14’0″
Useful load: 240 lb
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 55 mph
Thompson, W Z
W Z Thompson
Harrodsburg KY.
USA
Circa 1956 built a monoplane
Thompson Mighty Mite
Built circa 1957, the Mighty Mite was a fully aerobatic single place enclosed high-wing monoplane, registered N5M.
Engine: Continental C-85, 85hp
Wingspan: 16’0″
Length: 17’0″
Max speed: 165 mph
Cruise: 150 mph
Stall: 50 mph
Range: 300 mi
Thompson Poncho
Built in the 1950s, the Poncho single place mid-wing midget racer proved too tricky for competition flying. The forward fuselage was incorporated in the Thompson Mighty Mite.
Thompson Midget
The 1949 Midget racer Screaming Meany (p: Carl Thompson) was a single-place enclosed low-wing monoplane powered by an 85hp Continental C-85. Registration was N1210M.
Thompson, Carl
Wakefield MA.
USA
Circa 1949-57 built a Midget, Poncho and Mighty Mite
Thompson BBT-2
In 1937 B B Thompson, of Belle WV., USA, built the BBT-2 two place open cockpit monoplane registered N20491. Power was a 60hp LeBlond engine.
