The Adcox Special was a two-seat open-cockpit
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
built by the students of the US
Adcox Aviation Trade School 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 ...
, powered by a
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 bu ...
engine of 100 hp (75 kW).
Although only one example was built, the design formed the basis for the
Adcox Student Prince
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 in 1929. It was based on the one-off Adcox Special, and the first example flew on 17 September.
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that was produced in small numbers later that year.
See also
References
Special
Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
1920s United States sport aircraft
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