The 1926 Super Swallow, designed by Charles Laird and Waverly Stearman, was a redesigned New Swallow with steel-tube fuselage, N-struts, straight axle, and one-piece top wing.
Six Swallow Mailplane were built in 1926 for Varney Air Lines. Single-place, they were powered by a 160hp Curtiss C-6 Conqueror engine. Featuring one-piece wings and inverted-V cabane struts, they were repowered with 225hp Wright J-4b engines.
Varney’s first air mail flight – pilot Leon D. Cuddleback
Designed by Dan Lake and built in 1940, the Swallow Aircraft LT-65 design was taken from the Dale Airdale. Featuring canopied tandem cockpits and full-panted gear, only one was built as a prototypical trainer.
The Swallow Aircraft J5 Swallow, or Whirlwind Swallow, of 1928 (ATC 51) three-place open biplane was powered by a Wright J-5 engine. Priced at $8,500, optional were metal prop, brakes, larger fuel tank, and custom paint.
The Swallow Aircraft J4 Swallow appears in magazines as such, it is likely a repowered Super Swallow. A 1926 three-place open biplane, powered by a 200hp Wright J-4 engine.
Two Swallow G-29 were built, in 1928. They were registered NC6099 and NC6197 c/ns G-310 and G-302. Three-seat, open cockpit biplanes, powered with 225hp Wright J-5 engine, the latter had a 150hp Hisso A in 1939.
The 1929 Swallow F-28-AX (ATC 125) was a three-place, open cockpit, priced at $5,850. Powered with a 150hp Axelson-Floco B engine, five were built, with several converted to Wright J-5 or Hisso A engines.
Engine: 150hp Axelson-Floco B Wingspan: 32’8″ Length: 23’10” Useful load: 923 lb Max speed: 110 mph Cruise: 93 mph Stall: 45 mph Range: 450-600 mi Seats: 3
The 1929 Swallow H was a three-place open cockpit biplane designed by Dan Lake. One prototype was built, registered NX/NC108V c/n 101, powered by a 100hp Kinner K-5 engine.
The Swallow H was converted to the HA Sport in 1930 (ATC 341), still registered X/NC109V but with c/n 102. It was priced at $4,250 and powered by a 150hp Axelson-Floco B engine.
Swallow HA NX109V
The Swallow HA was later converted to a HW model with a new c/n.
The HC Sport three-place open cockpit biplane of 1929 was powered by a 160hp Continental A-70 and registered NC110V c/n 2003.
Swallow HC NC110V
The 1930 HW Sport (ATC 379) registered NC109V c/n 2002 was the HA refitted with a 165hp Wright J-6 engine.
Swallow HW NC109V
H Engine: 100hp Kinner K-5 Wingspan: 31’0″ Seats: 3
HA Sport Engine: 150hp Axelson-Floco B Wingspan: 31’0″ Length: 22’2″ Useful load: 784 lb Max speed: 130 mph Cruise: 110 mph Stall: 42 mph Range: 435 mi Seats: 3
In 1927 Swallow built the Irl Beach designed two-place Dallas Spirit NX941 for the Dole Race, piloted by William P Erwin. It failed to compete, but took-off two days later as a search plane and was itself lost at sea.