Werkheiser & Matson Model A / Experimental

The 1935 Model A or Experimental two place cabin monoplane NX15390 c/n 101 was built by C M Matson & Harlan Werkheiser of Bloomsburg PA. First flying in June 1935 the CAA inspector commented he suspected the X-license, applied for on 10/15/35, “… was to avoid a state law.”

It was sold on and the registration cancelled on 28 July 1948.

Engine: 100hp Cirrus MkIII
Seats: 2

Wendt W-1-400 Falconer

Wendt W-1-400 NX16920

The prototype 1938 W-1-400 Falconer NX16920 was built by Wendt as a project for his aero engr Master’s Degree, it was later donated to a local high school for vocational training until 1944, when it was scrapped.

Wendt W-1-400 NX16920

Engine: 90hp Warner Jr
Wingspan: 29’10”
Length: 19’9″
Useful load: 622 lb
Max speed: 140 mph
Cruise speed: 125 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 600 mi
Seats: 2

Welsh Rabbit

George Welsh produced examples of Model A Welsh Rabbit single-seat lightplane (first flown 1965) and two-seat Model B (first flown 1968).

The 1965 Welsh Rabbit A single place cabin high wing monoplane first flew on 12 November 1965, registered N3599G, with conventional landing gear.

The 1968 Welsh Rabbit B two place high wing monoplane first flew in November 1988, also registered N3599G, with tricycle landing gear.

Welsh Rabbit A
Engine: Continental A65-8, 65hp
Wingspan: 26’0″
Length: 18’0″
Useful load: 350 lb
Max speed: 108 mph
Cruise speed: 98 mph
Stall: 48 mph
Seats: 1

Welsh Rabbit B
Engine: Continental O-200, 100hp
Wingspan: 27’0″
Length: 18’7″
Usefulload: 440 lb
Max speed: 110 mph
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 52 mph
Range: 220 mi
Seats: 2