The Stinson Voyager was a 1940s

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light utility monoplane built by the

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Development

First developed as the Stinson HW-75 and marketed as the Model 105 in 1939, the design was a high-wing three-seat braced

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or an 80-hp (67.7-Kw)

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-6. This was developed into the Model 10 powered by a Continental A-80 piston engine. The Model 10 introduced a wider cabin as well as an improved standard for the interior and finish.Orbis 1985, p. 2960. The Model 10 was followed by the Model 10A, powered by a

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engine and the Model 10B with a Lycoming GO-145. The 10A was the last of the series, but the first to be called "Voyager", a name that was retained for the post-war Stinson 108. Six Model 10s were evaluated by the

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(USAAF) as the YO-54. The unsuccessful tests led Stinson to design an all-new aircraft designated Model 76, later known as the

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. A number of Model 105s and Model 10As were impressed into USAAF service as the AT-19 (later L-9). After

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, the type was developed as the Model 108, the prototypes being converted Model 10As.

Variants

;HW-75 (marketed as Model 105) :Production variant also known as the HW-75 with a

engine), or HW-80 with a

engine, 277 built. ;Model 10 :Improved production variant with an 80 hp Continental A-80 engine, 260 built. ;Model 10A Voyager :Variant with a 90 hp

engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).The first of the series to bear the Voyager name. ;Model 10B :Variant with a 75 hp Lycoming GO-145 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).Simpson 1991, pp. 317–318, ;YO-54 :United States Army designation for six Model 10s for evaluation.Andrade 1979, p. 139. ;AT-19A :Original military designation for eight Model 105s impressed in 1942, later changed to L-9A.Andrade 1979, p. 130. ;AT-19B :Original designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, later changed to L-9B. ;L-9A :Final designation for eight impressed Model 105 Voyagers, originally AT-19A. ;L-9B :Final designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, originally AT-19B.

Operators

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Specifications (Model 105)

Notes

Bibliography

* Andrade, John. ''U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909''. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. . * ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985. * * * Simpson, R.W. ''Airlife's General Aviation''. Shrewsbory, Shrops, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1991. . * Wegg, John. ''General Dynamic Aircraft and their Predecessors''. London: Putnam, 1990. .

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