Tipsy BC / Belfast / Belfair

Pre-war products at Gosselies were single-seat S2 and two-seat B or B-2 (open cockpits) and BC (enclosed cabin). B-2 revived post-war as Tipsy Trainer, and BC as Belfair (from Belgian Fairey).

The Tipsy Belfair was derived from the Tipsy B by adding a raised rear fuselage and an enclosed cockpit, and first flew as such in 1939. Production was prevented by the war, but seven were built in the 1940s, three of which were assembled in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire built Belfair, at Seething December 2005
Tipsy Belfair

Belfair
Engine: 62hp Walter Mikron
Wing span: 31 ft 2 in
Length: 21 ft 8 in
Gross weight: 1200 lb
Cruising speed: 100 mph
Range: 300 miles

Tips 1908 Biplane

Tips Biplane (second version)

Belgian brothers Maurice and Ernest Tips designed in 1908 a machine that would rise and land vertically while transitioning to and from horizontal flight. Their solution to this challenge opted for a canard type biplane, driven by three-bladed propellers which could be rotated, thus given the need for space, the middle section of the wing was almost completely open. The engine to power this complex design was Belgian-made by the firm Pipe, and construction was done in Etterbeeke (now part of Brussels). The machine was not successful however, and the brothers persevered onward and re-designed their machine – using as many parts as already available – whereas they dropped the idea of starting and landing vertically. The second version of the Tips machine was a biplane which resembled the original quite closely, but fitted with two “fixed” two-bladed propellers. Almost everything else was the same, save the engine of Pipe which was at a later time changed to a 50 hp Gnôme rotary. The machine flew during 1909 and 1910 earning the distinction (with the Pipe engine that is) of being the first Belgian plane of construction (inclusive the engine) to do so.

Timm M-150

Timm M-150 NC279V

The M-150 Collegiate NX/NC279V of 1930 (2-239) was similar to the K-100, but with a 150hp McClatchie Panther engine. As City of Los Angeles, The M-160 set an endurance record of 378h:48m in flying the equivalent of 27,677 miles over Rosamond Dry Lake CA in 1930.

Timm M-150 City of Los Angeles NC279V

Engine: 150hp McClatchie Panther
Useful load: 706 lb
Max speed: 118 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Range: 500 mi

Timm K-90 Collegiate / K-100 Collegiate

Timm K-100

The K-90 Collegiate (ATC 180) built in 1928 was O W Timm’s first company and first commercial plane. The prototype NX/NC887E c/n 102, was initially powered by a 90hp Anzani.

The K-100 had a 130hp Comet [C337] c/n 101.

One each of the K-90 and K-100 were built, priced at $5,500.

K-90 Collegiate
Engine: 90hp Anzani

K-100 Collegiate
Engine: 100hp Kinner K-5
Wingspan: 35’0″
Length: 24’7″
Useful load: 643 lb
Max speed: 108 mph
Cruise speed: 92 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Range: 600 mi
Seats: 2

Timm Curtiss Pusher

One replica Curtiss, N3378 c/n 99, was built by Timm at his home in Eagle Rock, California, in 1927 for Al Wilson, who was killed in this ship at the 1932 Nationals when he lost control in the downwash of an autogyro.

A second, similar pusher was built in 1935 for Paul Mantz for use in the film, “West Point of the Air.”

Engine: 90hp Curtiss OX-5
Seats: 1

Timm Coach

Timm Coach with Roscoe Turner NX5499

Built in 1928, the sole Timm Coach NX5499 Golden Shell built was purchased by Roscoe Turner and refitted with 715-gallon fuel tanks for an altitude record attempt, but the flight was never made. The design was based on the Argonaut.

Engine: 250hp Menasco-Salmson B-2
Wingspan: 45’0″
Length: 31’9″
Useful load (in test flight): 2530 lb
Max speed: 112 mph
Cruise: 100 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 7

Timm C-170 / C-185 Collegiate

Timm C-170 NC888E

One Timm C-170, NC888E, was built, in 1930, and was priced at $6,750.

Timm C-170 NC888E

Originally powered by a 170hp Curtiss Challenger engine, it was refitted with a 185hp Curtiss Challenger under ATC 2-202 as the C-185.

C-170
Engine: 170hp Curtiss Challenger
Useful load: 616 lb
Max speed: 130 mph
Cruise speed: 105 mph
Stall: 37 mph
Range: 500 mi

C-185
Engine: 185hp Curtiss Challenger
Seats: 2