The Buhl CA-1 Airster was a sports airplane developed in the
United States in 1930. It was a conventional low-wing
cantilever monoplane with fixed
tailwheel undercarriage and an open
cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a Pilot in command, pilot controls the aircraft.
The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the ...
for the pilot.
The CA-1 was designed for air-racing and for use as a
mail plane. No market was found for the aircraft and only the single prototype was ever constructed.
A two-seat variant was developed with a second open cockpit in tandem with the pilot's and with a
Townend ring and
wheel spats
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, but this didn't sell either.
Versions
*CA-1 Airster (1930)
**300 hp Wright J-6
**one built
*CA-1WA Airster (1930)
**420 hp P&W Wasp
**one built
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See also
References
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CA-001
1930s United States sport aircraft
Racing aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1930
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