Timm Aircoach
| Aircoach | |
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| Role | Cabin biplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | O.W. Timm Aircraft Company[1] |
| Designer | Otto Timm |
| Introduction | September 1928 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Timm Aircoach, also called the Timm Coach and the Golden Shell Special, was a custom-built, high-capacity, high altitude aircraft for charter flights.[2]
Design and development
The Aircoach was built in a shop at Glendale Airport, where Otto and Wally Timm had a shop. Al Menasco had a shop nearby where he modified engines. The Aircoach used a Menaso modified Salmson engine.[3]
The Aircoach was a single engine, conventional landing gear equipped biplane with an open cockpit for two pilots and enclosed passenger cabin. The fuselage was made of welded steel tubing with plywood covering.[4]
Operational history
Roscoe Turner flew the underpowered Shell Special twice, attempting endurance records. Each flight resulted in damage and the efforts were abandoned.[4]
Specifications (Aircoach)
Data from Skyways
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 5
- Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
- Wingspan: 45 ft (14 m)
- Height: 11 ft (3.4 m)
- Fuel capacity: 70 U.S. gallons (260 L; 58 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Menasco conversion of Salmson Water Cooled Radial, 260 hp (190 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 97 kn; 180 km/h (112 mph)
- Stall speed: 40 kn; 74 km/h (46 mph)
References
- Notes
- ↑ Cooper, Ralph. "Otto Timm." Early Aviators. Retrieved: January 12, 2012.
- ↑ Underwood 2006, p. 36.
- ↑ "Glendale Airport." airportjournals.com. Retrieved: January 12, 2012.
- 1 2 Skyways, July 2001, p. 52.
- Bibliography
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- Underwood, John. Grand Central Air Terminal. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-73854-682-8.