Genairco Biplane

Biplane
Genairco inflight at Bundaberg Airport
Role Utility aircraft
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Genairco
Designer George Beohm
First flight 1929
Status Two extant
Number built 9


The Genairco Biplane (also known as the Genairco Moth) was a utility biplane built in small numbers in Australia in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Design and construction

It was a conventional single-bay biplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage, with a fuselage based on the de Havilland Moth and wings based on the Avro Avian. The fuselage, however, was wider than that of the Moth, allowing two passengers to be carried seated side-by-side in an open cockpit ahead of the pilot's. Some later examples of the type featured an enclosed cabin for the passengers, and these were known as Genairco Cabin Biplanes, with the original design retrospectively named the Genairco Open Biplane.

Survivors

Two Genairco biplanes survived World War Two and one of these was airworthy in Australia in 2011.

Specifications

General characteristics

References

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