One Swift Aircraft Corp Sport was built, in 1929, registered NX4647 c/n 1000. It was a two-place open cockpit biplane.
Engine: 100hp Kinner K-5
Wingspan: 29’0″
Length: 21’3″
Useful load: 618 lb
Max speed: 115 mph
Cruise: 100 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 620 mi
Engine: Wright J-5
Useful load: 620 lb
Max speed: 132 mph
Cruise: 115 mph
Stall: 41 mph
Range: 600 mi
Seats: 2
The 1928 Swift Aircraft Corp Special was a single-place, open cockpit biplane. Power was a Siemens and Warner engine.
Designed by C B Bennett and Thomas Finney, the Swift 18 of 1928 was a Sport with a 120hp Quick engine. Three were built; N7653 c/n 1002, N8196 s/n 1003 (later reregistered as Swift 15 c/n 1005), and NX8863 c/n 5.
The 1929 Swift 19 was a Sport with a Wright J-6-5 engine. One was built registered NX8864 c/n 6.
18
Engine: 120hp Quick
19
Engine: Wright J-6-5
The 1923 Swanson-Freeman SS-4 N3522 c/n 4 was designed by Edgar Freeman and Swen Swanson as a two-place open cockpit biplane with I-struts and dual controls.
The first flight was on 11 November 1911, piloted by Ellred Callender.
It was still on the active register in 1936.
It was seen c.1928 as Span Wings 32 with a90hp Curtiss OX-5 engine and registered NX3522, but with no explanation for that model designation.
It was last known stored in a museum near the University of South Dakota.
Engine: 80hp LeRhône
Wingspan: 28’0″
Length: 21’7″
Useful load: 570 lb
Max speed: 95 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2
Built circa 1922, the Swanson SS-4 was a two-place side-by-side open cockpit biplane. With I-struts and powered by a 90hp Curtiss OX-5, the wingspan was 34’0″.
It was auctioned from a museum estate in 1995.
In 1922 Swen Swanson built the Swanson SS-3 single-place, open cockpit biplane with an all-wood monocoque fuselage.
The SS-3 first flew on 24 September 1922, piloted by Vern Roggers.
The design evolved into Lincoln Sportplane when Swanson went to Lincoln-Standard Co.
Engine: 28hp Lawrance
Wingspan: 18’9″
Length: 15’0″
Useful load: 200 lb
Max speed: 90 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Seats: 1
A single-place, open cockpit biplane built by Swen Swanson in 1919.
Possibly designated SS-2 retrospectively.
Wingspan: 31’0″
Seats: 1
Replica of a Sopwith Camel (Registered N2257J) was built by Carl Swanson) is in the Stampe en Vertongen Museum. It is painted in the colours of the 1st squadron of the Belgian Air Force.
Completed in 1993 by Carl Swanson, the replica (N2262G) is powered by an 85 hp Gnome rotary.
Built by Carl Swanson during 1983 and registered as N1388J. It went on to the Ryders Replica Fighter Museum at Gunterville, Alabama, the assets of which were sold following the death of Frank Ryder. The US registration was cancelled on 22-4-2002 as exported to New Zealand, where it was registered ZK-JOW to the Omaka Collection on 4-4-2003.
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