USA
Founded 1995 as partnership between Swearingen Aircraft Incorporated and Sino-Aerospace International Incorporated, to develop and market the SJ30-2 six/seven-seat entry level executive business jet (first flown 1996), developed from Swearingen SJ30.
Author: Terry
Sink S-1
In 1931 Everett Sink built the S-1 single-place, open cockpit monoplane. Registered N11317 c/n 1-T, it was powered by a 36hp Chevrolet engine.
Sink, Everett
Zanesville OH.
USA
Built the Sink S-1 in 1931.
Sinfield Honeybee
The forerunner of the Hummer, the Honeybee is a single seat, taildragger-type ultralight. The fuselage is a wooden box girder, and the wing is built from aluminum tube, covered with cloth. There are no control surfaces in the wing. Power is supplied by a 20-hp JLO 395-cc, single-cylinder engine, turning a wooden pusher propeller. Cruising speed is about 40 mph, with stalling speed at about 30 mph. Takeoff speed is approximately 20 mph, and the one-gallon fuel supply lasts for 45 minutes at full throttle. The aircraft can be broken down into small components for easy storage.
Engine: JLO 395cc, 20 hp
Cruise: 40 mph
Stall: 30 mph
Sinfield
1980: Roland Sinfield, Box 513, Morgan, UT 84050, USA.
Built the Honeybee UL
Sindlinger Special #1
Fred G Sindlinger built the Sindlinger Special #1 in 1959. Registered N6448C, it was a single-place cabin, low-wing monoplane powered by a 65hp Continental engine, later 75hp A-75.
It first flew on 10 April 1959.
Engine: 65hp Continental
Wingspan: 20’4″
Length: 16’5″
Useful load: 336 lb
Max speed: 145 mph
Cruise: 120 mph
Stall: 63 mph
Range: 524 mi
Seats: 1
Sindlinger Hawker Hurricane Gallery
Sindlinger Hawker Hurricane
Designed by Boeing engineer Fred Sindlinger in the late 1960s, the prototype was built ahead of any drawings, subsequently put on paper by two draughtsmen – one in metric and the other in imperial. Sindlinger’s 5/8-scale version of the British Hawker Hurricane first flew in 1972. Both the wings and fuselage are constructed of wood with a fabric covering. The powerplant turns a metal constant-speed prop and is fed by a main fuel tank just aft of the firewall, with a. capacity of 14 gallons. Optional 10-gallon tanks can be built into the wing root. The landing gear is a steerable tailwheel type with the main gear retracting into the wings. The pilot sits under a sliding canopy.
Engine: 180-hp Lycoming
Gross Wt. 1375 lb
Empty Wt. 984 lb
Fuel capacity 32 USG
Wingspan 25 ft
Length 19 ft 8 in
Wing area: 101 sq.ft
Top speed 200 mph
Cruise 143 kts
Stall 62 mph
Climb rate 1850 fpm
Ceiling 21,000 ft
Takeoff run 490 ft
Landing roll 550 ft
Range 575 miles
Seats: 1
Engine: Lycoming 0-320, 160 hp
Cruise 65%: 143 knots/165 mph
Max speed: 174 knots/200 mph
ROC SL: 1850 fpm
Design limit: +6.5G -0G
Engine: Mitsubishi 6G74 200hp
PSRU: Belt Drive 1:1.6 ratio
Wingspan: 25 ft 0 in
Wing area: 102 ft2
Length: 19 ft 8 in
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Empty weight: 1239 lb
Maximum speed: 165knts
Cruise speed: 130knts mph
Rate of climb: 1800 ft/min
Stall 35knts (Flaps & Gear down)
Endurance: 2 hours
Retractable: Electric
Engine: 150hp Lycoming O-320
Wingspan: 25’0″
Length: 19’8″
Useful load: 370 lb
Max speed: 200 mph
Cruise: 165 mph
Range: 625 mi
Sindlinger, Fred G
Puyallup WA.
USA
Built the Sindlinger Special #1 in 1959 and designed the Sindlinger HH-1 Hurricane in 1972.
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd
Founded in 1975 as Singapore Aerospace, adding “Technologies” into its name in March 1995; aerospace branch of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd. and restructured in 1998, since when often referred to as ST Aero. Modified Singapore’s A-4S/S-1 Skyhawk attack jets into A-4SU Super Skyhawks by installation of new engine, minor structural modifications, substantial avionics upgrade and provision to launch Maverick missile, with initial oprational capability achieved 1992. Offered Northrop-Grumman F-5 Tiger II upgrade, has a shareholding in the Eurocopter EC 120 helicopter program, produces Boeing 777 nosewheel doors, and offers aircraft and engine maintenance and repair, and more.
