The Aero-Flight Streak was an American two-seat

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built in 1946 by Aero-Flight Aircraft Corporation at

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. Advanced for its time, it was of all-metal construction with tricycle undercarriage, and accommodated the pilot and passenger in tandem beneath a sliding,

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. Initially flown powered by a

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, successively more powerful

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were fitted in an attempt to arouse interest in the marketplace. Due to the saturation of the light aircraft market in the years immediately following

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, no production ensued and the project was dead by

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Variants

;AFA-1 Streak-85:Powered by Continental C85-12J.Bridgman 1948, p. 212c. ;AFA-2 Streak-125:Powered by Continental C125. ;AFA-3 Streak-165:Powered by

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;AFA-4 Streak-225:Powered by a 225 hp Continental engine

Specifications (AFA-3)

References

Bibliography

* * * Taylor, J. H. (ed) (1989) ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. Studio Editions: London. p. 28
Aerofiles

External links

* * {{cite magazine, magazine=Popular Science, author=Bonnier Corporation, title=Streak Speeds Up, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96, date=December 1947, publisher=Bonnier Corporation, page=96 Streak Single-engined tractor aircraft 1940s United States civil utility aircraft Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1946