Rearwin Junior

Junior
Role	Sport aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Rearwin
Designer	Noel Hockaday and Douglas Webber
First flight	1931
Number built	ca 30

The Rearwin Junior was a sport aircraft produced in the United States by Rearwin Airplanes Inc. in the early 1930s.^[1][2] It was a conventional, parasol-wing monoplane with two seats in tandem in an open cockpit and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.^[2] An optional enclosed canopy was available.^[3] The wings were of wooden construction while the fuselage and empennage were built from welded steel tube, with the whole aircraft skinned in fabric.^[3]

Although designed to meet the lowest possible sale price, the onset of the Great Depression severely limited the size of the market for sport aircraft, and only a small number were built.^[2]

Variants

• Junior 3000 - version with Szekely SR-3 engine (ca. 20 built)
  • Junior 3001 - version with Poyer engine (1 built, later converted to 4000)
  • Junior 3100 - version with Szekely SR-5 engine (2 built)
• Junior 4000 - version with Aeromarine AR-3 engine (8 built)

Specifications (3000)

Data from "Rearwin Junior"

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 21 ft 11 in (6.68 m)
• Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
• Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
• Wing area: 180 ft² (16.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 570 lb (260 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,000 lb (450 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Szekely SR-3, 45 hp (30 kW)

Performance

References

Notes

1. Taylor 1989, p.757
2. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft p.2792
3. Aero Digest April 1935

Bibliography

• Aero Digest. April 1935. Missing or empty |title= (help)
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• "Rearwin Junior". Rearwin Airplanes (cached by Google). Retrieved 2009-01-25.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.