Brown-Young BY-1

BY-1
Role Cabin biplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Columbia Aircraft Co., Tulsa OK
Designer Richard E. Young, Willis Brown
Introduction 1936
Number built 1


The Brown-Young BY-1, also called the Columbia Sesquiplane and the Model 2, was a prototype sesquiplane from Columbia Aircraft Co..

Design and development

The prototype aircraft was originally designed to be a four place equivalent of the Luscombe Phantom. After construction, the aircraft had an additional lower staggered wing added below the fuselage, that housed retractable landing gear.[1]

The aircraft was a radial engined sesquiplane with retractable conventional landing gear. The fuselage was all aluminum construction and the wings were fabric covered.[2]

Operational history

The BY-1 prototype had its Jacobs engine installed in the prototype MB-10 trainer. The BY-1 was scrapped at White Rock Airport in Dallas, Texas for materials during the Second World War.[1]

Specifications (Brown-Young BY-1)

Data from skyways

General characteristics

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. 1 2 Skyways: 47. July 2000. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Rocket Science". Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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