Monocoupe
110 Special
 Photo: Robert Deering 10/23/2006
 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
 Chantilly, Virginia
Monocoupe 110 Special

Air show pilot and aerobatic champion W. W. "Woody" Edmondson thrilled audiences with his Monocoupe 110 Special throughout the 1940s. Edmondson, who named the airplane Little Butch for its bulldog-like appearance, placed second to "Bevo" Howard and his Bücker Jungmeister in the 1946 and '47 American Aerobatic Championships, but he won the first International Aerobatic Championship in 1948.

The Monocoupe 110 Special was a clipped-wing version of the 110, part of a line that began with Don Luscombe's Mono 22 and continued with the 70, 90, and 110 models. The sport coupes of the 1930s, these fast and maneuverable aircraft were ideal for racers Phoebe Omlie and Johnny Livingston. Ken Hyde of Warrenton, Virginia, restored Little Butch prior to its donation to the Smithsonian.
SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span: 6.9 m (23 ft.)
Length:  6.2 m (20 ft. 4 in.)
Height:  2.1 m (6 ft. 11 in.)
Empty Weight:  449 kg (991 lbs.)
Gross Weight:  730 kg (1,611 lbs.)
Crew: 		Maximum speed: 313 km/h (195 mph)
Cruising speed:
Range:
Service ceiling:
Engines: Warner Super Scarab 185, 200hp engine.
   
SOURCE: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum  

Monocoupe Aircraft

Central States Airplane Company was established in 1927 to build Don A. Luscombe's Monocoupe.  In January 1928, the company became the Mono Aircraft Division of Velie Motor Corporation. Following Willard Velie's death in March 1929, the Velie interests were sold to Allied Aviation Industries, a holding company. By May, these interests were divided into two separate companies: the Lambert Aircraft Engine Corporation and the Mono Aircraft Company of Moline, IL. Both companies passed into receivership in 1931, reemerging in 1932 as the Lambert Engine and Machine Company and the Monocoupe Corporation In July 1934 the two companies joined under the newly formed Lambert Aircraft Corporation with Monocoupe continuing to operate under its own name. In 1940 the company was dissolved and its assets passed to the Monocoupe Aeroplane and Engine Corporation (transferring operations to Orlando, FL).

In September 1941, Monocoupe acquired the Bristol Aircraft Corporation of Bristol, VA and its Canadian subsidiary Bristol Aircraft Products Ltd. The operations of these three companies were combined under the Universal Molded Products Corporation with Monocoupe forming a separate division of the company. Aircraft production halted during World War II, resuming briefly in 1948-1950 under the name Monocoupe Airplane and Engine Corporation In 1955, the corporate assets were acquired by a West Virginia aviation group, which reorganized the company as Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida, Inc. and transferred operations to Melbourne, FL.

Source: Wikipedia