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shortly after

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. It was a low-wing, all-metal

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with fixed tricycle

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and which seated its pilot and passenger side by side under an expansive

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. Due to the glut of military surplus aircraft on the civil market after the war, All American was unable to attract buyers and no production ensued.

Variants

* 10A * 10D - proposed development with retractable undercarriage and 125 hp (93 kW)

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