A 1949 Midget racer, N66732, powered by an 85hp Continental C-85. A single place cabin, mid-wing monoplane
1 engine
Williams-Cangie WC-1 Sundancer
Several of Williams products were the result of collaboration with other designers. For instance the Williams-Cangie WC-1 Sundancer N1AE was designed with Carl Cangie and won first place at the 1973 Reno Air Races Formula One Class.
Engine: Lycoming O-290-D2, 100hp
Wingspan (upper): 19’9″
Wingspan (lower): 12’9″
Length: 16’3″
Max speed: 200 mph
Seats: 1
Williams Aircraft Design W-17 Stinger
The Williams W-17 Stinger is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed for Formula One Air Racing by Art Williams and produced by his company, Williams Aircraft Design of Northridge, California, introduced in 1971. The aircraft was at one time available in the form of plans for amateur construction, but only one was ever constructed.
The W-17 Stinger features a cantilever mid-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from sheet aluminum in a monocoque structure. The wings are all-wood, with laminated spruce spars. Its 19.0 ft (5.8 m) span wing employs a NACA 64008 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to a NACA 64010 at the wing tip. As the Formula One rules require, the engine is a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200A powerplant.
The W-17 has an empty weight of 585 lb (265 kg) and a gross weight of 835 lb (379 kg), giving a useful load of 250 lb (110 kg). With full fuel of 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal) the payload is 202 lb (92 kg).
Only one example of the W-17 Stinger was registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration in 1971 (N21X). The sole example was raced at the Reno Air Races by pilot John P. Jones in 1973 and captured second place. It went on display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum.
W-17 Stinger
Engine: 1 × Continental O-200A, 100 hp (75 kW)
Length: 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Wingspan: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
Airfoil: Root: NACA 64008, wing tip: NACA 64010
Empty weight: 585 lb (265 kg)
Gross weight: 835 lb (379 kg)
Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal)
Propellers: 2-bladed metal
Maximum speed: 260 mph (418 km/h; 226 kn)
Stall speed: 65 mph (56 kn; 105 km/h)
Crew: one
Willard-Curtiss
Charles F Willard, who had been leasing a Curtiss airplane for his exhibition flights, returned it, and reportedly designed a similar machine customized to his requirements, but still leased the motor from Curtiss (the one used on Curtiss’ Rheims Racer). This apparently was distinct from the 1910 Banshee Express, which he implied was his design, but was really another Curtiss product.
First flying on 12 August 1910, two were built, the second of which, christened simply The Express, had 50hp five-cylinder Gnôme rotary. Willard set a payload record with this craft by carrying two passengers with him on 14 August 1910.
Engine: Curtiss V-8, 63hp
Seats: 2
Wilcox T-12-1 Sport Trainer / Collier T-21-1
Wilcox ran an airport, located NE of Tulsa in Verdigris, that consisted of associated hangars and an office on 300 acres. William Collier built a number of planes there, reportedly including the 1930 T-12, until he relocated to Kansas.
The T-12-1 Sport Trainer was possibly first registred N550V.
T-12-1 Sport Trainer
Engine: 110hp Warner Scarab (originally a Siemens)
Wingspan: 31’6″
Length: 21’7″
Seats: 2
Wilford WRK / Pennsylvania Aircraft Syndicate Wilford Gyroplane
In 1928 Wilford visited Europe, and while there acquired the patent rights for the United States of a rotary wing aircraft conceived by a German named Rieseler. In 1929 Wilford began building his own gyroplanes.
The idea behind this American/German partnership was a scheme for feathering the pitch of the blades rotating round the hub instead of the blade flapping system which La Cierva employed in his autogyros. The feathering control, operated through a system of cams, affected only the lateral parts of the circle described by the rotor.
Wind-tunnel tests proved the effectiveness of the idea.
A Fleet XOZ-1 was modified to an autogiro configuration by the Pennsylvania Aircraft Syndicate, with a four-bladed autogiro rotor, held aloft over the forward cockpit by four steel struts, replacing the upper wing. The lower wing was retained and supports added, and the wheeled undercarriage was replaced by twin floats. The two-bladed wooden airscrew was retained, as were the two open, tandem cockpits. Wingspan was 8.33m.
The first Wilford gyroplane (X794W) made successful first flight on August 5, 1931 at Paoli, Pennsylvania, piloted by Frank P. Brown. The original model had an engine of only 85hp.
As a result of these tests, various improvements were later made, such as a much more powerful engine, increase in the size of the rotor, and extension of pitch control to the four quadrants of the circle described by it.
A single-seat open-cockpit autogiro the ship made hundreds of successful flights before its crash in 1935, killing pilot Joseph McCormick. Model designation from initials of Wilford and German aero engineers Walter Reiseler and Walter Kreiser, upon whose patented 1927 designs the ship was based. A second version in 1934, for USN and NACA tests, was built up from a Fleet N2Y-1 fuselage and tail group as Pennsylvania XOZ-1 (8602). It proved very successful, when tested by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, but nothing tangible ever materialized.
WRK Gyroplane
Number of seats: 1
Engine: 1 x ACE Mark III 85hp, repowered with 165hp Jacobs
Wingspan: 7.01m
Rotor diameter: 9.14m
Height: 3.05m
Weight fully loaded: 816kg
Max. speed: 190km/h
Min. speed: 50km/h
Wiley Post Model A / Straughn-Holmes A
Wiley Post Aircraft Corp was founded in Oklahoma City in 1935 to build Model A (ATC 2-478, ATC 561), cheap two-seat aircraft. Designed by Ross Holmes and Glenn Stearman and powered by a 40hp Straughn AL-1000 converted Model A Ford engine, the first example was built by Straughan Aircraft. Reportedly was first developed as a parasol monoplane at Cessna factory. The ATC was issued in 1934.
One prototype (NX12561) and two production Model As were built in 1931-32 (N11919 and NC12582). Originally price at $1,438, it was $1,692 in 1935.
One 60hp experimental B NX493N was built.
Wiley Post acquired rights to Straughan assets 1935, and transferred production to Oklahoma City. Thirteen Model As built before company liquidated after Wiley Post’s death.
Engine: 40hp Straughn AL-1000 (converted Ford A)
Wingspan: 28’6″
Length: 19’9″
Useful load: 393 lb
Max speed: 82 mph
Cruise speed: 70 mph
Stall: 28 mph
Range: 110 mi
Seats: 2
Wildt 1912 Land-Eindecker
One of four machines built Leutnant Karl Wildt (1882 – 1932) in Germany. Shown it at the “Bayerische Fliegerschule” at Oberwiesenfeld bei München, pilot and passenger are Bavarian officers.
Wilden VoWi 8
Helmut Wilden designed the VoWi 8 two-seat lightweight sporting aircraft which first flew in 1974.
Wilcoxsen M-1 Monoplane / The Cloud-Boy
Ray Wilcoxsen of Indiana, USA, built in 1930 an aircraft for the light plane market, powered by a rebuilt Henderson motor cycle engine.
Wilcoxsen received a Commerce Department permit to fly the plane and planned to sell complete aircraft for $960 and plans for homebuilders.
Engine: Henderson motorcycle, 27 hp at 3000 rpm
Wingspan: 27 ft 3 in
Length: 14 ft 6 in
Empty weight: 280 lb
Fuel capacity: 7 USG
Max speed: 76 mph
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