White Aircraft Co Sport C-1 / A / C-2 / B / A Special

The White Aircraft A / A Special were built in 1928; 349 c/n 12 and 350 c/n 11. The engines were Velie or Anzani.

Two White Aircraft Sport C-1 (aka A) and C-2 (aka B) were built in 1928. Designed by Harold White, They were powered by 60hp LeBlond 5D (C-1) or 55hp Velie M-5 (C-2), two with 70hp Velie (N10459 c/n 19 and N12092 c/n 26], and some with various other motors, N399 c/n 15, and others.

Two seat open cockpit high wing monoplane, they were priced at $2,450.

C-1 / A
Engine: LeBlond 5D, 60hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

C-2 / B
Engine: Velie M-5, 55hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

White Aircraft Co Humming Bird

Burd S. and Harold L. White, of Des Moines, Indiana, designed and produced their own private and commercial aircraft, Humming Bird, in 1926. Priced at $2,150 it was reported about 25 were built, with most unregistered. N3046 and N3047 were found.

In 1924 Des Moines, J H Banning found WW1 ace Raymond Fisher to teach him to fly. Banning then bought his own Hummingbird biplane, naming it Miss Ames. Banning attended Iowa State College, and became the first black to receive a CAA pilot’s license, #1324. He bought the Hummingbird to use in the 1928 Iowa Goodwill Air Tour.

White’s Hummingbird Barnstormer J Herman Banning

Hummingbird
Engine: Curtiss OX-5, 90hp
Wingspan: 33’2″
Length: 23’6″
Useful load: 1000 lb
Max speed: 93 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Stall: 28 mph
Range: 375 mi
Seats: 3