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Photo: Robert Deering 10/23/2006 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Dulles International Airport (IAD) Chantilly, Virginia |
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The Arrow Sport A2-60 is a
rare example of an alternative design, depression-era
biplane. It complements the Smithsonian's
Kreider-Reisner Challenger and Waco 9, conventional
tandem open-cockpit biplanes. The Arrow Sport offered a
side-by-side, dual-control cockpit arrangement. Its
cantilever wings were attached only to the upper center
section strut and lower fuselage-they had no other
struts or external flying wires for bracing. However,
enough pilots were uncomfortable without some sort of
visible wing support that "N" struts later became
standard. Equipped with 60- or 90-horsepower LeBlond engines, Arrow Sports made excellent trainers. About 100 were built through 1931, then more, at a slower pace, through the 1930s. This airplane had a succession of owners and even spent some time in England. |
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