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[2] [3] The first aircraft flew in 1926, piloted by Squadron Leader Cecil Rea, the company's first full-time test pilot. [4] The village of Sidestrand, chosen for the aircraft name, was the home of the Secretary of State for Air, Samuel Hoare. [5] Only 20 Sidestrands were built. The first two were similar prototypes, designated the Sidestrand Mk I.
Ilyushin Il-6 ground attack aircraft project developed from the Il-2; cancelled due to the Il-8 and Il-10; Ilyushin Il-8 ground attack aircraft prototype developed from the Il-2; intended Il-2 replacement; Ilyushin Il-10 two-seat ground attack aircraft developed from the Il-1; Ilyushin Il-12 twin-engine cargo/military transport aircraft
Lockheed T2V-1/T-1A Seastar. Naval Fighters #42. Simi Valley, California: Ginter Books, 1999. ISBN 978-0-942612-42-4. Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. 2007. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-385-4. Swanborough, Gordon, with Bowers, Peter M. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. 1990. Putnam Aeronautical ...
The Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand was a twin-engine biplane medium bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul.It was the final example of a series of biplane medium bombers that had served in the Royal Air Force since the First World War, starting with the likes of the Vickers Vimy and Handley Page Type O.
Therefore, one PT-1 airframe was completed as XPT-2 with a 220 hp (164 kW) Wright J-5 Whirlwind radial engine. [ 1 ] The XPT-3 was almost identical to the XPT-2 except for the tail, revised wing panels and different shape. 130 production PT-3 aircraft were ordered in September 1927, [ 1 ] with one being completed as the XO-17 .
The original version, the S-1 prototype, was powered by the 50 hp Continental A50 engine, but was soon upgraded to the Continental A65 engine and redesignated as the S-1A-65F. This was a common engine used in many small American two-seat aircraft of the time. This aircraft would be used during World War II under the L-6A designation.
The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of aircraft to the U.S. Army Signal Corps (perhaps fifth or sixth ever). [1] The corporation supplied the Sloane H as the Standard H-2 and H-3 to the Army, and the float-equipped H-4H to the Navy, after the Sloane company was reorganised as the Standard Aircraft Co.