The Harper Aircraft Manufacturing Company, also known as Harper Aircraft Company was a manufacturer of airplanes in the early 1930s.
[Bell, R.W.. "The Harper Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Inc.." Bedford Historical Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2010. .] Jack. L. Harper was the company president and founder.
[Air commerce bulletin, United States. Bureau of Air Commerce, United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority,U.S. G.P.O., 1933, p. 103] The Harper Aircraft Company was located in
Bedford, Ohio
Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States located to the east of Cleveland. The population was 13,074 at the 2010 census. It is an eastern first ring suburb of Cleveland.
Geography
Bedford is located at . It is a first ring subu ...
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The Harper Aircraft Company built a small
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
powered by a 35 hp
Szekely three-cylinder engine. The company also built the "
Roberts Special," powered by a 65-horsepower
LeBlond engine, it was a standard Harper airplane with a special variable wing.
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
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