American Eagle A-429 / Flyabout

American Eagle A-429 NX99E

The 1929 American Eagle A-429, or Flyabout, two-place biplane was a close copy of Longren Sport with steel-tube fuselage. Folding wings with bridge-truss struts; side-by-side single cockpit. Preiced at $1,895-2,495.

An optional 40hp Anzani gave somewhat less performance.

Two were built; N363 and NX99E.

Engine: 60hp LeBlond 5D
Wingspan: 27’11”
Length: 19’6″
Useful load: 400 lb
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 85 mph
Stall: 25 mph
Range: 340 mi
Seats: 2

Anderson Aircraft 1927 biplane / Miss Anderson / Welch Biplane

In 1927 Anderson Aircraft Mfg Co built a two-place biplane designed by Fred Parker and Orin Welch.

It was a Swallow type with elephant-ear ailerons; christened Miss Anderson, and registered as Welch Biplane.

Registered N1405, it was sold in 1928, and was badly damaged in a cornfield forced landing. Its remains were stored in a Gaston IN auto garage and eventually disappeared.

Engine: 90hp Curtiss OX-5
Wingspan: 36’8″
Length: 22’10”
Seats: 2

Universal TC-1

The 1935 Universal TC-1 was a single-place, open cockpit triplane, modified from the French Mignet HM-11 design by Cassell De Hibbs.

Originally offered as a free airplane included as an incentive with the purchase of a Universal motor; later sold for $695. As a kit aircraft, design was claimed by Lillian Holden. Plans were marketed in 1953 by George Frisbie, DePere WI.

Those built include N18254 c/n 1109-F, N18291 c/n 7126-F, N18376 c/n 24, and N18750] c/n 33.

Engine: 40hp Universal (Ford B) or 65hp Continental A-65
Wingspan: 21’9″
Length: 16’1″ (?>13’0″)
Cruise: 80 mph
Stall: 30-40 mph
Seats: 1