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The Mercury Kitten (also known as the Aerial Kitten) was an American three-seat cabin
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 ...
designed and built by
Mercury Aircraft Inc. in the late 1920s.
Flown for the first time in 1928 only one was built.
Design
The Kitten was a three-seat high wing cabin monoplane powered by a
Mummert piston engine. It was constructed with welded steel tubing with fabric covering.
It was later re-engined with a
Warner Scarab
The Warner Scarab is an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine, that was manufactured by the Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan in 1928 through to the early 1940s. In military service the engine was designated R-420.
Vari ...
engine.
The Kitten was scrapped in 1946.
Specifications
External links
Link to image of a Mercury KittenGeneral Aviation News 2012 April 25, "Flying on wings of mercury"
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1920s United States civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1928
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