Newcastle DE.
USA
Airplane builder in 1923.
Aircraft
Truman 33
In 1932 John R Truman built the Truman model 44 single place open monoplane registered N12730. Power was from a 35hp Cleone engine and the registration was canceled by the CAA on 15 May 1936 on lapse of the license.
Truman, John R
Bandon OR.
USA
John R Truman built the model 33 in 1932.
Truman Aeroplane Co
(H D) Truman Aeroplane Co of San Francisco CA., USA built an airplane circa 1912.
True Sport
The 1953 Sport N7M, built by Roy True, was conceived as a racer ‘Slow Poke’, but was used only for sport flying. It was a mid-wing monoplane.
Engine: Continental C-85, 85hp
Wingspan: 15’6″
Length: 17’6″
Useful load: 180 lb
Max speed: 210 mph
Cruise speed: 165 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Range: 450 mi
Seats: 1
True, Roy
Monroe WI.
USA
Airplane builder circa 1953.
Troyer Sportplane VX
Originally built by Kermit R Troyer in 1940, the Troyer Sportplane N18471 has a welded steel tube fuselage and tail assembly. Its wings use spruce spars and ribs built from ¼-inch square spruce, ply gusseted. Steel tubing also forms the flying struts for the wing, but here a little balsa wood does creep in. It is used for fairing.
Originally power was a Heath B-4 engine but plans provided for a converted VW engine.
Gross Wt. 456 lb
Empty Wt. 306 lb
Fuel capacity 5 USG
Wingspan 23’9”
Length 15’9”
Top speed 95 mph
Cruise 85 mph
Stall 34 mph
Climb rate 600 fpm
Takeoff run 195 ft
Landing roll 150 ft
Range 200 miles
Troyer PR Mid-wing
The Troyer “PR’ Mid-Wing was designed in 1931. It has a welded steel tube fuselage and tail assembly. Wing spruce spars and ribs are built from ¼ inch square spruce. A VW engine can be used instead of the 4-cylinder Henderson.
Gross Wt. 450 lb
Empty Wt. 290 lb
Fuel capaci¬ty 5 USG
Wingspan 23’9”
Length 15’6”
Engine 4 cyl. Inline Henderson
Cruise 80 mph
Climb rate 500 fpm
Troyer, Kermit R
Comstock MI.
USA
Sportplane builder circa 1931-41.
Troy Air Service A / Cape NMJ-1A Trainer
The Troy Air Service A was a 1938 two place open cockpit biplane, designed by Nelson M Jones. A dual control trainer registered NX/NC2619 c/n 102, power was from a LeBlond, then 125hp Warner Scarab on 1 March 1939, then a Menasco C-4 on15 August 1939. The registration was cancelled in 1948.
Other references to is is as the Cape NMJ-1A Trainer appearing on 1940 records included a 130hp Aeromarine 2-A, span: 28’5″, length: 22’8″, max speed of 130 mph, cruise of 118 mph, and a stall of 45 mph. The final modification had canopied cockpits.
The design, with 130hp Franklin, was advanced by Cluett Co, but not completed because of outbreak of WW2.
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