The Adcox Student Prince was a two-seat open-
cockpit biplane designed by Basil Smith and built by the students of the US
Adcox Aviation Trade School
The Adcox Aviation Trade School was established in Portland, Oregon in the 1910s. Aircraft created there as student projects starting in the late 1920s include the Adcox 1-A, Adcox Special, Adcox Student Prince, and Adcox Cloud Buster.
The Adcox ...
in
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
. It was based on the one-off
Adcox Special
The Adcox Special was a two-seat open-cockpit biplane built by the students of the US Adcox Aviation Trade School in 1929, powered by a Kinner K-5 engine of 100 hp (75 kW).
Although only one example was built, the design formed the basi ...
, and the first example flew on 17 September.
A single example of a Student Prince X was produced in 1931 powered by a 90 hp ACE engine.
As of 2004, a single example remains registered in the United States, which was successively re-engined with 100 hp
Kinner K-5
The Kinner K-5 was a popular engine for light general and sport aircraft developed by Winfield B. 'Bert' Kinner. With the boom in civilian aviation after Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight the K-5 sold well. The K-5 was a rough running but ...
, then 110 hp
Warner Scarab Junior,
Comet 150hp, 150 hp
Wright-Hisso A and 220 hp
Continental E-225 in 1963.
Specifications (Student Prince)
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Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
1920s United States sport aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1929