The Lasco Lascoter was a 1920s Australian 6-seat passenger and mail carrier aircraft built by the

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(Lasco) at

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. It was the first Australian-designed and built airliner to be granted a

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History

The Lascoter was a high-wing

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with a tubular steel structure, featuring a tailwheel undercarriage and a fully enclosed cabin for the passengers and the pilot."AN AUSTRALIAN MONOPLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER. ''The Larkin "Lascoter"''"
''Flight'' magazine, 8 August 1929, p.855 (online archive version).
Retrieved: 15 December 2008 It flew for the first time on 25 May 1929;
Retrieved: 16 December 2008 despite being damaged in a landing accident at Coode Island in May,
Retrieved: 16 December 2008 it received its Certificate of Airworthiness on 22 July 1929. It was then put into service with Australian Aerial Services, an airline owned by Lasco, and used on an air mail route between

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and

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."AUSTRALIAN AERIAL SERVICES, LTD. COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES"
''Flight'' magazine, 19 December 1930, p.1468 (online archive version).
Retrieved: 15 December 2008"Australian-Built Aircraft Approved"

Retrieved: 15 December 2008 The Lascoter was used by Australian Aerial Services and its successors until being withdrawn from use in 1938;
(The Lascoter was registered VH-UKT). Retrieved: 16 December 2008 it was scrapped during World War II.
Retrieved: 16 December 2008

Operators

* Australian Aerial Services * New England Airways

Specifications

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1920s Australian airliners 1920s Australian mailplanes Lascoter High-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1929