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LWD Mis

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During 1947 LWD commenced development of a light transport for use as a feederliner. Named Mis, it is a high wing monoplane of composite wood and metal construction.

The wing is wood, and the fuselage a metal, basically rectangular structure, with a rounded decking on the upper and lower surfaces.

Other features are a single fin and rudder and a fixed tricycle undercarriage, the main wheels strutted to the fuselage and engine nacelles.

The Mis accommodates a crew of two and eight passengers.

Engines: 2 x Argus As 10, 240 hp
Wingspan: 16 m / 52 ft 6 in
Length: 12 m / 39 ft 4.5 in
Wing area: 40 sq.m / 430 sq.ft
Empty weight: 2000 kg / 4410 lb
Loaded weight: 3000 kg / 6615 lb
Cruise 60%: 220 kph / 137 mph
Crew: 2
Passengers: 8

Alcor C-6-1 Junior

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Alcor C-6-1 NX15544

The 1937 Alcor C-6-1 Junior eight-pace cabin monoplane, with retracting undercarriage, registered NX15544, crashed in final testing.

Only the one was built. Often incorrectly referred to as “Lockheed Alcor.”

Engines: 2 x 150hp Menasco C-6
Wingspan: 49’0″
Length: 31’8″
Useful load: 2059 lb
Max speed: 211 mph
Cruise: 190 mph
Seats: 8

Akin, Earl T

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Breckenridge TX.
USA

Akin was reportedly experimenting with manned flight about the same time as the Wright brothers, but his early flights were in gliders. The c.1935 AA was Akin’s one-place design, but only a brief descriptive paragraph was found. He designed and built gliders, and was one of the first to be towed to altitude by a plane. He also made a record-breaking flight from NYC to Washington DC (glider or plane?) and constructed several powered aircraft. He built a 2pCmwM called the Buckaroo with deep-chord, tapered wings, about the 1930s possibly registered N11936.