Ralph & Harry Thompson built the Thompson-Balbone Special N1305V in 1949 as a Midget racer piloted by Ralph Thompson.
Engine: Continental C-85, 85 hp
Thompson-Balbone Special
Engines – Power
Thompson Special
Built in the 1980s, the Thompson Special N78854 two-place open cockpit biplane looked much like an all-metal Stearman.
Thompson Aircraft Co Boxmoth
Thompson expanded his experiment in powering a boxkite with a model airplane engine into full-size reality with twin vinyl-covered aluminum-tube frames and a 55hp snowmobile motor and a prop in 1972. A two-place tandem “flying box-kite” a test pilot, reported in his own words, “Great stability. I was 35 feet off the ground before I realized I had taken off!”
FAA registration N64492 was issued on 30 March 1973, seen as still valid in mid-2007. Marketed plans for $75.
Thompson 1956 Monoplane
Built in 1956 by W Z Thompson as a two-place enclosed, low-wing monoplane, registered N4054A.
Engine: Continental A-65-8, 65hp
Wing span: 16’10”
Length: 14’0″
Useful load: 240 lb
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 55 mph
Thompson Mighty Mite
Built circa 1957, the Mighty Mite was a fully aerobatic single place enclosed high-wing monoplane, registered N5M.
Engine: Continental C-85, 85hp
Wingspan: 16’0″
Length: 17’0″
Max speed: 165 mph
Cruise: 150 mph
Stall: 50 mph
Range: 300 mi
Thompson Poncho
Built in the 1950s, the Poncho single place mid-wing midget racer proved too tricky for competition flying. The forward fuselage was incorporated in the Thompson Mighty Mite.
Thompson Midget
The 1949 Midget racer Screaming Meany (p: Carl Thompson) was a single-place enclosed low-wing monoplane powered by an 85hp Continental C-85. Registration was N1210M.
Thompson BBT-2
In 1937 B B Thompson, of Belle WV., USA, built the BBT-2 two place open cockpit monoplane registered N20491. Power was a 60hp LeBlond engine.
Thompson Sportplane
In 1933 Earl O Thompson built the Sportplane two-place open cockpit monoplane registered N13660 c/n E-711. Power was a 50hp Ford engine.
Thompson T-4875
Built by Paul R Thompson in 1929 as a two place open cockpit monoplane, the T-4875 was sold for only $10 to M J Tuchey, who put it in storage in 1930, then returned it to Thompson (no price stated) in 1937. Refitted with an Hisso “Pup” engine, it was sold to A G Clark on 9/29/38, who ostensibly flew it until its registration (N9496 c/n T-1) expired on 15 January 1940 and was cancelled.
Engine: 50hp Anzani
Wingspan: 33’0″
Length: 22’6″
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