The Timm Collegiate was a series of American-built two-seat light aircraft of the late 1920s.

Design and development

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founded the O.W. Timm Aircraft Corp in 1922 with its base at

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. The firm changed its name to the Timm Airplane Co in 1928. During 1928 Timm designed the Collegiate series of parasol-winged two-seat light aircraft fitted with fixed tailwheel

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. The six examples built between 1928 and 1930 were powered by a variety of engines of between and During their lives, several were re-fitted with different powerplants."Timm aircraft."
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Operational history

During their operational lives, several of the six Collegiates were fitted with replacement powerplants, giving rise to new designation numbers. The aircraft served with private pilot owners both pre and post

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. In 1930, the first Collegiate M-150 ''NC279V'' ''City of Los Angeles'' set an endurance record of 378 hours in flying the equivalent of 27,677 miles over Rosamond Dry Lake, California. The FAA civil aircraft register recorded two surviving airworthy examples as at August 2009. One was operated by a private owner in California. The other ''NC337'' was owned by Albert I. Stix and is on public display in the

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(HARM) at Dauster Field, Creve Coeur, near

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. Two other examples are in long term storage in a private collection in

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Variants

(Source : Aerofiles and FAA Registry) ; K-90: c/n 102

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: ''NC887E '' stored in Oregon in 2009 ; K-100: c/n 101

Kinner K-5 The Kinner K-5 was a popular engine for light general and sport aircraft developed by Winfield B. 'Bert' Kinner. With the boom in civilian aviation after Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight the K-5 sold well. The K-5 was a rough running but ...

''NC337'', later re-engined to a model C-165 with a

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. On display at HARM in 2009. ; TW-120: c/n 106 to

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. ''NC945Y''. No longer extant. ; M-150: c/n 105 McClatchie Panther. ''NC279V'' privately owned in California in 2009. Two further examples later converted to this standard. ; TC-165: c/n 101 C-165 re-engined with

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. ''NC337''. On display at HARM in 2017. ; TC-165: c/n 104

. ''NX16E''. No longer extant. ; C-165: c/n 101 K-100 re-engined with Comet 7-E. Later re-engined with 150 h.p McClatchie Panther. ; C-165: c/n 102 K-90 re-engined with Comet 7-E. ; C-170: c/n 103

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, later re-fitted with Curtiss Challenger. ''NC888E'' stored in Oregon in 2009. ; C-185: c/n 103 Curtiss Challenger, ''NC888E'' modified from C-170.

Specifications (M-100)

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Ogden, Bob. ''Aviation Museums and Collections of North America''. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 2007. .

External links

Data and photographs of the Timm Collegiate series
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