Pioneers

Short S60

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The 1913 Short S60 tractor biplane (sea and land) was designed and built by Short Bros. in the UK

Span: top 48′ bottom 30′
Weight allup: 1990 lb
Speed: 65 mph

Sopwith St.B (Stunt Bus)

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The 1913 Sopwith Tractor Type St.B (Stunt Bus) 2 seater – climbed to 1200 ft in 1 minute, fully loaded.

Span: 25’6″
Length: 30′
Weight: 1060 lb allup
Speed: 30-92 mph

Sopwith DM

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The 1913 Sopwith Tractor Biplane Type DM hydro and land version were designed and built by Sopwith Aviation Co.

Span: 49’6″
Length: 31′
Weight: 2400 lb allup
Speed: 60-65 mph

Sopwith HT (Hydro Tractor)

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The 1913 Sopwith HT (Hydro Tractor) biplane was designed and built by Sopwith Aviation Co.

Span: 56’4″
Twin-Floats: 15′ long

Allinio 1916 Biplane

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Circa 1916, Peter Allinio built a two-place, open cockpit biplane powered by a 40hp Hall-Scott engine.

Flown at Christofferson Field, Redwood City.

Allinio, Peter

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409 Kearney St,
El Cerrito CA.
USA

Built two biplanes, one circa 1916 and one circa 1928.

Allinio, a FAI-licensed pilot and instructor at Sunset School of Aviation in Alameda, built his first plane, a Curtiss pusher, in 1912 with skills acquired during his (as well as some of the Jacuzzi brothers’) employment by the Caproni company in Italy.