Werkheiser & Matson Model A / Experimental

The 1935 Model A or Experimental two place cabin monoplane NX15390 c/n 101 was built by C M Matson & Harlan Werkheiser of Bloomsburg PA. First flying in June 1935 the CAA inspector commented he suspected the X-license, applied for on 10/15/35, “… was to avoid a state law.”

It was sold on and the registration cancelled on 28 July 1948.

Engine: 100hp Cirrus MkIII
Seats: 2

Wendt W-1-400 Falconer

Wendt W-1-400 NX16920

The prototype 1938 W-1-400 Falconer NX16920 was built by Wendt as a project for his aero engr Master’s Degree, it was later donated to a local high school for vocational training until 1944, when it was scrapped.

Wendt W-1-400 NX16920

Engine: 90hp Warner Jr
Wingspan: 29’10”
Length: 19’9″
Useful load: 622 lb
Max speed: 140 mph
Cruise speed: 125 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 600 mi
Seats: 2

Welsh Rabbit

George Welsh produced examples of Model A Welsh Rabbit single-seat lightplane (first flown 1965) and two-seat Model B (first flown 1968).

The 1965 Welsh Rabbit A single place cabin high wing monoplane first flew on 12 November 1965, registered N3599G, with conventional landing gear.

The 1968 Welsh Rabbit B two place high wing monoplane first flew in November 1988, also registered N3599G, with tricycle landing gear.

Welsh Rabbit A
Engine: Continental A65-8, 65hp
Wingspan: 26’0″
Length: 18’0″
Useful load: 350 lb
Max speed: 108 mph
Cruise speed: 98 mph
Stall: 48 mph
Seats: 1

Welsh Rabbit B
Engine: Continental O-200, 100hp
Wingspan: 27’0″
Length: 18’7″
Usefulload: 440 lb
Max speed: 110 mph
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 52 mph
Range: 220 mi
Seats: 2

Welch Aircraft Industries OW-7M

The 1936 OW-7M (ATC 637) two place high wing cabin monoplane originally sold for $995, and $899 in 1940. An engine option was the 40hp Continental A-40.

Eight were built; NC14527, NC15778, NC18392, NC18393, NC18395, NC18397, NC20477, and NC20478.

Engine: Welch O-2, 45hp
Wingspan: 34’4″
Length: 20’6″
Useful load: 410 lb
Max speed: 90 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Range: 260 mi
Seats: 2

Welch Aircraft Industries OW-6

Welch OW-6M NX14528

The 1935 OW-6M two place high wing cabin monoplane (ATC 636) sold for $995-1,195. Six were built; NC13521 c/n 109, NX/NC14528 c/n 112, NC18248 c/n 133, NC18429 c/n 134, NC18461 c/n 131, NC20405 c/n 137, plus one prototype OW-6S, NX14521 c/n 110, with a 45hp Szekely SR-30 and an experimental, two-speed gear-reduction system.

Variation:
Stewart Texas Bluebird

OW-6M
Engine: 36hp Aeronca E-113
Wingspan: 34’5″
Length: 20’8″
Useful load: 435 lb
Max speed: 89 mph
Cruise speed: 78 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Range: 240 mi

OW-6S

Welch Aircraft Industries Falcon OW-5 / ACE Falcon

Welch OW-5M NC18261

Welch Aircraft Industries introduced the Falcon OW-5 in 1931, of which about 65 built, at South Bend, Indiana, between 1935-1940.

A two place high wing monoplane, the 1934 OW-5M with folding wings sold for $995. Thirty-eight were built; NC11382, NC13500, NC13511, NC18257/18261, NC18269/18271, NC18348, NC18378/18381, NC18394, NC18396, NC20402/20404, NC20452/20456, NC20459/20468, NC20488/20489, powered by a 40hp Continental A-40 or 45hp Welch O-2 under ATCs 636 and 637.

Prototype NC11382 was fitted with a 60hp Anzani as the ACE Falcon, later replaced by a 40hp Salmson, and one (NC13511) was fitted with a 40hp Rathel, later replaced by a 45hp Szekely.

ATC 2-474 was for a weight change for NC13500.

OW-5M
Wingspan: 34’5″
Length: 20’8″
Useful load: 410-435 lb
Max speed: 85 mph
Cruise speed: 75 mph
Stall: 30 mph
Range: 240 mi

ACE Falcon

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