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The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. [1] It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military ...
The aircraft was designed for a maximum gross weight of 1,500 lb (680 kg) in the utility category, but is limited to 1,320 lb (600 kg) in the US light-sport aircraft category. [ 4 ] Operational history
It is made from 7075-T6 aluminum tubing, with the control bar and kingpost made from 6061-T6 aluminum. The single-surface wing is covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 39.0 ft (11.9 m) span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost. The nose angle is 115°, wing area is 330 sq ft (30.7 m 2) and the aspect ratio is 5:1. Pilot hook-in weight range ...
In September 1935 Consolidated moved across the country to its new "Building 1", a 247,000-square-foot (22,900 m 2) continuous flow factory in San Diego, California. The first production PBY Catalina was launched in San Diego Bay in 1936, [3] and the first XPB2Y-1 Coronado test aircraft made its first flight in 1937. [4]
Silver Wing monument at Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California The Montgomery Memorial is a monument dedicated on May 21, 1950, to the pioneering aviation achievement of John J. Montgomery and his early glider flights in the 1880s in Otay Mesa, San Diego . [ 1 ]
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Capacity: 1 Wingspan: 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) Empty weight: 254 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 550 lb (249 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 L; 4.2 imp gal) Ballistic parachute: Second Chantz system Powerplant: 1 × Compact Radial MZ-201 two stroke, 45 hp (34 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed Performance Cruise speed: 48 kn (55 mph, 89 km/h) Stall speed: 24 kn ...
Rohr subway cars manufactured for the Washington Metro. Rohr, Inc. is an aerospace manufacturing company based in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego.It is a wholly owned unit of the Collins Aerospace division of Raytheon Technologies; [1] it was founded in 1940 by Frederick H. Rohr as Rohr Aircraft.
The new company's first aircraft was the S-T Sport Trainer, [10] a low-wing tandem-seat monoplane with a 95 hp (71 kW) Menasco B-4 Pirate straight-4 engine. Five were built before production switched to the Ryan ST-A Aerobatic with a more powerful 125 hp (93 kW) Menasco C-4 in 1935.