The Fleetwings Model 33 was a 1940s
American
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* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
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primary trainer prototype airplane built by
Fleetwings
Fleetwings, later Kaiser-Fleetwings, was an American aircraft company of the 1930s and 1940s.
History
Fleetwings started in 1926 (under a different name) as a business based on a patented mechanical timing device, which proved particularly suit ...
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Development
During 1940, the Fleetwings company designed and built a two-seat primary trainer, the Model 33. Although the company were experts with stainless-steel construction the aircraft was built from light-alloy. It was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a conventional tail unit and fixed tailwheel landing gear, powered by
Franklin 6AC
The Franklin O-335 (company designations variations on 6A and 6V) was an American air-cooled aircraft engine of the 1940s. The engine was of six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed layout and displaced . The power output of later variants was .
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piston engine. The instructor and pupil were accommodated in two tandem open cockpits. Only the prototype was built.
Specifications (Model 33)
References
* ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' (part work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
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1940s United States civil trainer aircraft
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Low-wing aircraft
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Aircraft first flown in 1940