In 1926 Superior Aircraft Co of Dearborn MI., USA, built a three-place, open cockpit biplane, registered N1636 c/n 1. It first flew on 15 August 1926.
It was sold in 1927 to Henry J Limbright (Dearborn), but the registration was cancelled on 16 October 1928 when he failed to reply to CAA inquiry for information.
Engine: 120hp Super LeRhône
Wingspan: 31’6″
Length: 23’6″
Seats: 3
In 1917 the Sunbeam Bomber, a fairly large single-seat biplane with cockpit very far aft and machine-gun very far forward, was evolved; probably one only built.
The 1916 Sturtevant Trainer was an open-cockpit biplane, monocoque fuselage Army advanced trainer.
Five were built, AS211-215, and s/ns AS216-228 were also issued but the aircraft were not built.
Engine: 135hp Sturtevant 5
Wingspan: 38’0″
Length: 25’0″
Speed: 80 mph
Seats: 2
The 1918 Sturtevant Steel Trainer Army advanced trainer AS40007 shows on military inventory, but not company records.
A two place open cockpit biplane.
The 1916 Sturtevant S-4 Tractor was an Army scout-bomber designed by George Armitage and Grover Loening.
Steel frame, steel sheeting skin; experimental 8’0″ x 2’6″ twin-gun gondolas were mounted on each lower wing of one of the ships as a “Battleplane.”
Four went to the Air Service as AS126-127, and AS214-215.
A contract for 26 was pared after complaints from pilots about crowded cockpit, overheating problems, and general workmanship.
Engine: 150hp Sturtevant 5A
Wingspan: 48’7″
Length: 25’1″
Useful load: 525 lb
Cruise speed: 73 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Seats: 2
The Sturtevant S-4 Seaplane of 1916 was two-place open cockpit.
Twelve went to the US Navy as scout planes and one to the Rhode Island Naval Militia.
Wingspan: 48’7″
Length: 25’1″
Seats: 2
The 1916 Sturtevant S-3 was a three-place open cockpit biplane.
The 1915 P-L Tractor, two-place, open cockpit biplane is an unrecorded designation, and could be a renamed A-1 Tractor. It was powered by an 80hp 6-cyl Sturtevant engine.
One Sturtevant A-1 Tractor was built in 1915. The wingspan was 47’0″ and length 25’10”.
The A-2 Seaplane was an unbuilt 1915 design.
The one Sturtevant A-3 Battleplane was built in 1915. Only one recorded flight was made, at nearby Readville Trotting Park in December 1915. The wingspan was 47’0″ and length 25’10”.
In 1914 Max F Stupar designed and built two single place biplanes as exhibition ships for Earl Daugherty. The first was powered by a 75hp Curtiss OXX-5, and also a 60hp Kirkham 6, the second one with 50hp Gnôme rotary.
Similar planes were also built for Victor Carlstrom, William Couch, Robert Shank, and other local notables, some likely produced as Chicago Aero’s Star Tractor.
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