In its original configuration (with nose wheel); the modern looking monoplane devised by Charles Francis Walsh, who had founded the San Diego Aeroplane Manufacturing Company the previous year. The machine, with its massive wing, would probably have flown but was severely handicapped by its underpowered Cameron automobile engine of only 29 hp.
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Walsh Silver Dart
Pioneer aviator Charles Francis Walsh flew an aircraft powered by a Macomber axial internal-combustion engine in May 1911, the “Walsh Silver Dart”.
Wallman Sportplane
Circa 1975 Fred W Wallman Jr built the two-place, open cockpit, high-wing monoplane, Sportplane, registered N4FW. The fuselage and tail were steel tube, and wing was all wood.
The Sorrtplans was first flown on 24 September 1975, piloted by Bert Sissler. Only the one was ever built.
Engine: 115hp Lycoming O-235-C1
Wingspan: 30’0″
Length: 21’6″
Useful load: 566 lb
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Wallis 1981 Biplane
In 1981 Stanley B Wallis of Ypsilanti MI, USA, built a two-place, open cockpit biplane, original design to resemble the best of the great old biplanes of the 1925-32 period.
Engine: 260hp Ford auto
Wallis WA-122
WA-122/R-R two-seat trainer (first flown 1980)
The Wallis WA-122 can be transported in a container thanks to its folding rotors and landing gear legs.
Wallis WA-121
WA-121 (first flown 1972) became smallest and lightest of the range
Wallis WA-120
Rolls- Royce powered WA-117 appeared 1965 and WA-118 Meteorite, WA-120 followed 1970.
Wallis WA-119 Imp
The WA-119 Imp was powered by an engine from the Hillman Imp motor car.
Wallis WA-118 Meteorite
The Wallis WA-118 Meteorite was a British single-seater research autogyro first flown in 1966. The Wallis WA-118 was powered by a Meteor Alfa I super-charged four-cylinder radial air-cooled two-stroke engine providing a top speed in excess of 320km/h.
Wallis WA-117
The Wallis WA-117 was a British single-seater ultra-light autogyro developed during 1965 as an advanced version of the Wallis WA-116, powered with a 100hp Rolls-Royce/Continental O-200-B flat-four engine.