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White Aircraft Co Sport C-1 / A / C-2 / B / A Special

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The White Aircraft A / A Special were built in 1928; 349 c/n 12 and 350 c/n 11. The engines were Velie or Anzani.

Two White Aircraft Sport C-1 (aka A) and C-2 (aka B) were built in 1928. Designed by Harold White, They were powered by 60hp LeBlond 5D (C-1) or 55hp Velie M-5 (C-2), two with 70hp Velie (N10459 c/n 19 and N12092 c/n 26], and some with various other motors, N399 c/n 15, and others.

Two seat open cockpit high wing monoplane, they were priced at $2,450.

C-1 / A
Engine: LeBlond 5D, 60hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

C-2 / B
Engine: Velie M-5, 55hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

White Aircraft Co Humming Bird

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Burd S. and Harold L. White, of Des Moines, Indiana, designed and produced their own private and commercial aircraft, Humming Bird, in 1926. Priced at $2,150 it was reported about 25 were built, with most unregistered. N3046 and N3047 were found.

In 1924 Des Moines, J H Banning found WW1 ace Raymond Fisher to teach him to fly. Banning then bought his own Hummingbird biplane, naming it Miss Ames. Banning attended Iowa State College, and became the first black to receive a CAA pilot’s license, #1324. He bought the Hummingbird to use in the 1928 Iowa Goodwill Air Tour.

White’s Hummingbird Barnstormer J Herman Banning

Hummingbird
Engine: Curtiss OX-5, 90hp
Wingspan: 33’2″
Length: 23’6″
Useful load: 1000 lb
Max speed: 93 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Stall: 28 mph
Range: 375 mi
Seats: 3

White 25 / Smith 1933 biplane / Sorrell Peer Gynt

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In 1929, as White 25, with a 25hp Henderson De Luxe engine, was built by L J White, Pasadena CA. USA.

Not even the “De Luxe” addition helped very much. The aircraft would hardly fly.

Elmer L Smith bought it, increased the span of the upper wing, mounted the more powerful engine and flew it successfully as N10684.

After WW2 it was acquired by Hobart Sorrell in Rochester WA, who refitted a 65hp Continental, reregistered it as N4940V, and renamed it Peer Gynt. It was active at least into the 1970s.

White 25
Engine: 25hp Henderson De Luxe
Wingspan: 22’5″
Length: 15’6″
Seats: 1

Smith 1933 biplane
Engine: 45hp Salmson
Wingspan: 22’5″
Length: 15’6″
Speed: 95 mph
Seats: 1

Sorrell Peer Gynt
Engine: 65hp Continental
Wingspan: 22’5″
Length: 15’6″
Seats: 1

White Midget

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White Midget Sportplane N90837 of 1950

W.E.White, a Navy machinist, built himself an airplane for less than $200 in 1950. Using tubing and instruments from crashed aircraft, parts of three different engines made one good one.

The bill for the materials was, tubing $6, Welding gas $7, spars $10, small wood parts $10, balsa to fair the struts $1, sheet metal $6, fabric and dope $50, engine $50. Miscellaneous other items brought the total to just under $200.

White used steel tubing for the fuselage from the pilot’s headrest forward, and spruce from the headrest to the tail. The wing is fabric covered wood. The control cables to the ailerons are mounted on top and bottom of the wings, through standard aircraft pulleys. The tires are 7×16 salvaged from an Aeronca.

Engine: 40 hp
Wingspan: 20 ft
Length: 14 ft 9 in
Take-off weight: 450 lb
Fuel capacity: 4 USG
Cruise: 60 mph
Landing speed: 35 mph

White Baby White

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The 1916 Baby White built by George D White was a single seat monoplane, powered by an approximately 15hp motorcycle engine and chain-driven pusher propeller. Of canard configuration with trailing-edge ailerons and reverse tricycle gear, it was test-flown at the Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles.

The first kit-form aircraft offered in the US, one was built, plus an unknown number of kits for home-builders.

Engine: 15hp motorcycle
Wingspan: 18’0″
Length: 16’0″
Speed: 50 mph
Seats: 1

White Der Jager D.IX

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Designed by Lou Stolp & Marshall White, though modeled after World War I fighters, the Der Jager is not a replica. Its builder, Marshall White, patterned the wing shape after that of the German Albatross, the tail assembly after that of the Fokker D-7 and the gear after that of the Focke-Wulf “Strosser”. The frameworks of the fuselage and the tail group are of welded steel tube, fabric covered. The wings are wood with no flaps. The pro¬totype was fitted with a 115-hp Lycoming, but the airplane is so light that anything down to the Volkswagen 1600 engine will fly it nicely.

The prototype, N3610, first flew on 7 September 1968.

Engine: Lycoming O-235-C1, 115hp
Wingspan (upper): 20 ft 0 in
Wingspan (lower): 16 ft 0 in
Length: 17 ft
Gross Wt: 888 lb
Empty Wt: 534 lb
Fuel capacity: 24 USG
Top speed: 145 mph
Cruise: 133 mph
Stall: 54 mph
Climb rate: 2000 fpm
Takeoff run: 175 ft
Landing roll: 250 ft
Range: 532 mi
Seats: 1

Whisper Aircraft Whisper motorglider

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The Whisper motorglider is equally at home soaring in rising air as a glider, or motoring long distances as a roomy, yet fast touring aircraft.

The Whisper was designed for the homebuilder. Every component has been optimized to ease the task of the homebuilder. The aircraft can be built from a “basic package” or from a “fast build package” depending on how many hours the builder wishes to spend on the project. Components not supplied in these packages can be manufactured by the builder or ordered from the factory. All hardware is ordered directly from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty by the builder.

The Whisper can be built with a wingspan of 16m (52.5′) or 12m (39.4′) to suit individual requirements. With the longer wing the aircraft has a glide ratio of 28:1 and a minimum sink rate of 200fpm which makes it a very capable glider. The 21USG fuel tank and the 115MPG cruise speed also make the aircraft capable of very long powered flights. The 4’2″ wide cabin allows for very comfortable side by side seating. The aircraft can be built with conventional or nose wheel undercarriage.

The aircraft structure is fiberglass and the wing has been tested to an ultimate load of 10.6g. Engine options are VW2100, Jabiru 2200/3300, Rotax 912/S

Whisper Motorglider
Engine: Limbach L2000 or similar VW based conversion
Wing span 16m
Wing area 15sq.m
Aspect ratio 16
Length 7.16m
Empty weight 500 kg
Max all up weight 775 kg
Fuel capacity 85 litres
Prop Hoffman 3 position or fixed pitch wooden.
Rate of Climb (gross weight at sea level) 3.6m/s (700ft/min)
Max level speed 210km/h (113kts)
Cruise speed (75% power) 180km/h (95kts)
Vne 250km/h (132kts)
Stall speed 72km/h (38kts)
Va 160km/h (85kts)
Cruise fuel consumption 12litres/hr (3.2USG/hr)
Range 1200km (no reserves)
Take off roll 180m
Min sink speed 0.9m/s at 80km/h
Glide ratio 1:28 at 105km/h

Whisper Xpress
Engine Limbach L2000 or similar VW based conversion
Wing span 12m
Wing area 12.5sq.m
Aspect ratio 11
Length 7.16m
Empty weight 450 kg
Max all up weight 720 kg
Fuel capacity 85 litres
Prop Fixed Pitch – wooden
Rate of Climb (gross weight at sea level) 2.54m/s (500ft/min)
Max level speed 210km/h (113kts)
Cruise speed (75% power) 180km/h (95kts)
Vne 250km/h (132kts)
Stall speed 74km/h (38kts)
Va 160km/h (85kts)
Cruise fuel consumption 12litres/hr (3.2USG/hr)
Range 1200km (no reserves)
Take off roll 250m (470m to clear 50 ft obstacle)