Moundsville Aircraft The Lone Eagle

the first Moundsville Lone Eagle X570E

Part of Lindbergh’s 1927 visit to Moundsville included inspecting the Moundsville Airplaine Corporation’s first product– a single-seat bi-plane christened by Jimmy Doolittle as The Lone Eagle, in honor of Charles Lindbergh. Despite Lindbergh’s endorsement, there were not many “Lone Eagles” produced, and the factory went out of business in 1929.

Motor Gliders Inc Buzzard Light Plane / MG-1 / Snyder Buzzard

Designed by Bud Snyder, the Buzzard Light Plane, or MG-1, of 1930 was a two-place, open, high-wing monoplane. Essentially a motorized glider with a pylon-mounted parasol wing and a pusher motor. It was fabric covered except for a dural-covered plywood fuselage bottom.

Purchased by Curtiss-Wright and is assumed to be the basis for, or at least a major influence on, the 1931 Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior.

The design was revived in 1983 as the kit-form, Zenoah-powered Ritz Standard A by Gerry Ritz, Wartrace TN.

Engine: 34hp ABC Scorpion
Wingspan: 35’0″
Length: 19’3″
Max speed: 70 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Stall: 28 mph