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Charles B. Kirkham Prototypes and Projects

• Thread starter hesham
• Start date 17 September 2015

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• 17 September 2015

Hi, a well known designer for engine and aircraft,he was a friend to Glen Curtiss,began with a biplane of 1911,followed by a racer biplane of 1912,joined Curtiss to design and buillt Model-18T triplane fighter,later modified into Model-18B biplane,during 1920s he created the Air Yacht single pusher engine light flying boat powered by one 450 hp Napier Lion engine of 1925,in 1927 and with Williams,they co-operate to produce the Model-X,a private seaplane of biplane configuration. I read from long time ago this man had some Projects,remained as a paper work only, does anyone know them ?. http://www.aerofiles.com/_k.html  

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A few years back, I sold some Kirkham material to a prolific collector who said he had obtained a lot of Kirkham's original papers. His name is Bill Lewis from California  

memaerobilia said: A few years back, I sold some Kirkham material to a prolific collector who said he had obtained a lot of Kirkham's original papers. His name is Bill Lewis from California Click to expand...

I went back into the files to find this: This was the 1917 Kirkham/Curtiss Co. patent papers (Where Charles Kirkham assigned his patent rights for reduction gearing, over to the Curtiss Co.) for engine reduction gearing. Kirkham was an early proponent for gearing the engine, allowing the same prop speed to receive more hp, from a higher RPM turning engine. This eventually led to development of the famous Curtiss Conquerer and other highly important and signiicant, geared aero engines. He was very influential and important in the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co. *I still have this Original historic document. hesham-Yes I have some scans of the litle bit of Kirkham material that I sold. But it was just a signed letter with an original early Kirkham engine catalogue. I seem to remember that it was from the pre-WWI Kirkahm Co, rather than from Curtiss. It had been in the files of The Curtiss archives.  

Thank you Memaerobilia, and can I ask if it contains an aircraft projects ?.  

More on the Air Yacht :  

Skyblazer said: More on the Air Yacht : Click to expand...

• 18 September 2015

Hi, here is a 3-view to Kirkham-Williams or Model-X.  

Schneiderman

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• 19 September 2015

I'm not sure that the Kirkham-Williams Racer was ever named as the Model-X, the press came up with many unofficial names, this one probably referring to the configuration of the Packard engine. Here are my drawings  

• 20 September 2015

Schneiderman said: I'm not sure that the Kirkham-Williams Racer was ever named as the Model-X, the press came up with many unofficial names, this one probably referring to the configuration of the Packard engine. Here are my drawings Click to expand...

A website is hardly a definitive source. Show me a source from 1927-1928, preferably from Williams or Kirkham, and you may have a case. None or the period magazines or newspapers that I have reviewed call it anything other than the Racer. Without a better source that says otherwise I am afraid I disagree.  

hesham said: Schneiderman said: They called it exactly; Kirkham-Williams X. http://www.aerofiles.com/_k.html Click to expand...

• 21 September 2015

Of course the Packard engine was not named officially as the 'X' either. It was the 1A-2775 (2A-2775 when supercharged) but referred to as the 'X Motor' in some company publicity material when it was described as the most powerful aero-engine in the world.  

joncarrfarrelly

• 22 September 2015

In his two volume history of Packard's non-automotive engines Packards at Speed & Master Motor Builders Robert J Neal refers to the Williams biplane as the Kirkham-Packard and the Williams monoplane as the Mercury-Packard . The engine design is referred to as the "1,250 H.P. 24-cylinder X motor" in an ad from the Nov. 28, 1927 issue of Aviation (reproduced in Master Motor Builders ) and as the 'Ex' in a 1928 report from the engine's designer Capt. Lionel M. Woolson about building the supercharged version, which was not designated 2A-2775, rather it was 1A-2775 serial No.2 BuNo 12405. When the first engine, the 1A-2775 serial No.1 BuNo 10960, which had been used in the Kirkham aircraft, was modified prior to installation in the Mercury aircraft it was redesignated as the 2A-2775, and this designation is on the back of Packard photos of the modified engine along with a note from Woolson attached to photos of the two engines in their original configurations stating: "not to be released to the press - hereafter only 2A-2775 are to be released". However, regardless of the note it continued to be called the 1A-2775 or the 'Packard X engine'. Packard sales literature listed the X as available built-to-order up to September 1930. The modifications to 1A-2775 serial No.1 BuNo 10960 included the long-nose Allison reduction gear housing, Scintilla magneto ignition and the new design cylinder banks of the 3A-1500 inverted engine. This is the engine that was installed in the Mercury racer and the one that exists today in the Smithsonian collection. Later the No. 2 engine also received the new style cylinder banks and was tested with and without reduction gear. Evidently the direct-drive and reduction gear units were interchangeable and were switched back and forth between the two engines. Neal also states that there is the possibility, based on a chart of engineering data comparisons, that Packard built a third engine sometime after 1931, a supercharged version of the 2A-2775, however no photos or other information have been found.  

Thanks jcf. Woolson also wrote an article for the S.A.E. in 1928 titled The Packard X 24-Cylinder 1500hp Water-Cooled Aircraft Engine  

• 23 September 2015

Brilliant post, jcf , thanks a lot.  

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Fokker-Atlantic F.11 / B.IV

The fokker f-11 was a luxury flying boat produced as an ‘air yacht’ in the united states in the late 1920s., technically the aircraft was the fokker aircraft corporation of america’s model 9., it was sold in north america as the fokker f-11 and was offered in europe as the fokker b.iv.  , in 1922 fokker designed the b. i flying boat, one of which was delivered to the dutch navy.  , the design was updated in 1926 as the fokker b.iii, which the dutch navy refused to purchase.  , the b.iii was rebuilt as a civilian passenger plane, the b.iiic., when that airplane failed to sell anthony fokker had it sent to his american subsidiary, fokker aircraft corporation of america., the intent was to use the b.iiic as a pattern for an amphibious biplane to be manufactured in the usa., the b.iiic eventually did sell., when harold vanderbilt’s custom-built kirkham air yacht was destroyed in a hangar fire, he quickly needed a new air yacht, so he purchased the b.iiic which was replaced by the prototype f-11 when it became available., fokker aircraft corporation of america decided to redesign the aircraft extensively and convert it to a monoplane configuration by mating a redesigned fuselage to the wings of the fokker universal., that decision required fokker aircraft corporation of america chief engineer albert gassner to create a new aircraft.  , both the fuselage and the wing were so extensively redesigned that they no longer bore much resemblance to their b.iii and fokker universal origins., the production f-11a had a high mounted fokker f.14 wing., the pusher engine nacelle with a 525-horsepower pratt & whitney wasp was strut mounted atop the wing., the prototype f-11, which first flew in 1928, was an amphibian with a retractable combination sponson/landing gear., it was the only f-11 amphibian so equipped., the prototype was converted into a flying boat with wing-mounted floats like the f-11as., the production machine was the f-11a which had the f-14s wooden wing and a 525 hp wright r-1750d cyclone engine., because fokker aircraft corporation of america lacked the facilities to produce the duralumin fuselages, fokker america arranged to have the hulls constructed in the netherlands., initially, 20 were ordered but only 6 were completed and delivered to north america., the fokker f-11a was a single-engined monoplane flying boat with a duralumin hull and wooden wing., f-11 or b.iv, prototype with b.iii hull, universal wing and pratt & whitney wasp engine, later replaced with wright cyclone., f-11a or b.iva, production version with redesigned fuselage and wing and wright cyclone engine., modified with by the replacement of the single engine with a nacelle containing two engines in a push-pull arrangement., f-11a modified with 275 h.p. pratt & whitney hornet and seating increased to eight., specifications, 6 passengers, 45 ft 0 in (13.72 m), 59 ft 0 in (17.98 m), 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m), 550 sq ft (51 m2), empty weight, 4,500 lb (2,041 kg), gross weight, 6,845 lb (3,105 kg), 1 × wright r-1750d cyclone 9,, 525 hp (392 kw), performance, maximum speed, 112 mph (180 km/h, 97 kn), cruise speed, 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn), 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)..

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Harold Kantner Special Collection Photo [Photo]

Catalog #: kantner_0054 title: harold kantner special collection photo [photo] description: 1925 kirkham air yacht repository: san diego air and space museum archive.

During 1909 and 1910 Charles B. Kirkham made several successful aircraft engines based on his automobile motors. In 1911 he began to manufacture the above engine – his first designed especially for airplane use. It featured concentric valves, primarily to assist exhaust cooling. Kirkham claimed that this engine was “outstanding in light weight, low head resistance, and freedom from vibration.”

It powered the Aerial Exhibition Company’s biplane design, the Burgess Hydroplane Model F, the Kirkham tractor biplane design, and the Thomas Model TA.

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

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Yachts and private planes make for luxurious ways to zip from one place to another, but recently, a businessman based in Germany and Italian designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini discovered what happens when they combine boats and jets: the ultra-sleek sky yacht. Equipped with eight counter-rotating electric engines powered by super-lightweight batteries and solar panels, the nearly 500-foot-long yacht can traverse the sky (and sea) at 60 knots for more than two days straight with zero emissions. Plus, aside from its full-electric mobility, the air yacht is sustainable in other ways too: It will be built entirely from carbon fiber, which is as high-strength as it is lightweight.

The 500-foot futuristic vessel comprises three main parts: a central compartment with a living room and dining area flanked by two inflatable helium blimps that house 10 suites.

Lazzarini’s design looks like something out of the future: a spacious living room and dining area housed within the sky yacht’s central torpedo-shaped structure that’s connected via eight carbon bridges (four on each side) to two 150-foot-long blimps. And the blimps that contain a whopping 14,125,867 cubic feet of helium that keep the vessel high in the sky, flanking the main compartment, aren’t just there to elevate the jet: Between the two, there are 10 guest suites, all of which boast 360-degree views.

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• 1.1 K & S
• 1.2 K & W
• 1.6 Teruo Kago
• 1.10 Kaiser
• 1.11 Kaiser
• 1.12 Kaiser-Fleetwings
• 1.13 Kaiser-Hammond
• 1.15 Kalgoorlie
• 1.16 Kalinauskas, Rolandas
• 1.17 Kalinin OKB
• 1.18 Kalkert
• 1.19 Kam-Craft
• 1.21 Kamerton-N
• 1.22 Kaminskas
• 1.24 Kansas City
• 1.25 Kanter-Moissant
• 1.26 Kapferer
• 1.27 Kappa 77
• 1.28 Kaproni Bulgarski
• 1.29 Karhumäki
• 1.30 Kari-Keen
• 1.32 Kasyaněnko
• 1.33 Kauffman
• 1.34 Kaufmann
• 1.35 Kaufmann
• 1.36 Kawanishi
• 1.37 Kawasaki
• 1.39 Kayaba Industry
• 1.41 Kazyanenko
• 1.42 KB SAT
• 1.47 Keitek
• 1.48 Keleher
• 1.49 Keller
• 1.50 Keller
• 1.51 Kellett
• 1.52 Kellis
• 1.53 Kellner-Béchereau
• 1.54 Kellogg
• 1.59 Kember
• 1.60 Kendall
• 1.61 Kendall
• 1.62 Kennedy
• 1.63 Kensgaila
• 1.64 Kensinger
• 1.65 Kentucky
• 1.66 Kenyon
• 1.67 Kerestesi
• 1.68 Kerrison
• 1.69 Kersey-Hudgins-Kennedy
• 1.70 Kestrel
• 1.71 Kestrel Aircraft Company
• 1.72 Ketner
• 1.73 Keystone
• 1.77 Khioni
• 1.80 Kieger
• 1.82 Killingsworth
• 1.83 Kimball
• 1.84 Kimball
• 1.85 Kimbell
• 1.86 Kimberley
• 1.87 Kimbrel
• 1.88 Kimfly
• 1.89 Kinetic
• 1.90 King's
• 1.91 Kingsford-Smith
• 1.92 Kinman
• 1.93 Kinner
• 1.94 Kinney
• 1.95 Kippers
• 1.97 Kirkham
• 1.98 Kirkham-Williams
• 1.99 Kirsten
• 1.100 Kitchen-Lee-Richards
• 1.101 Kistler
• 1.102 Kjeller
• 1.103 Kjolseth
• 1.104 Klampher
• 1.105 Klassen
• 1.106 Klein
• 1.107 Klemm
• 1.108 Kline
• 1.109 Klinedorf
• 1.111 Knabenshue
• 1.112 Knapp
• 1.113 Knepper
• 1.114 Knight Twister
• 1.115 Knoll
• 1.116 Knoll
• 1.117 Knoll-Brayton
• 1.118 Knoller
• 1.119 Knöpfli
• 1.120 Knowles
• 1.121 Knowlton (aircraft constructor)
• 1.122 Knowlton
• 1.124 Kobe Steel
• 1.125 Kochyerigin
• 1.126 Kocjan
• 1.128 Koechlin & Pischoff
• 1.129 Koehl
• 1.130 Koehler
• 1.131 Koenig
• 1.133 Koivu and Toomey
• 1.134 Kokkola
• 1.135 Kokusai
• 1.137 New Kolb Aircraft
• 1.138 Kolitilin-Nikitin
• 1.139 KOMTA
• 1.140 Kompol
• 1.141 Kondor
• 1.142 Konner
• 1.143 Konstruktionskontor Nord
• 1.144 Koolhoven
• 1.145 Korchagin
• 1.146 Korean Air
• 1.147 Korolyev OKB
• 1.148 Korsa
• 1.149 Kortenbach & Rauh
• 1.150 Korvin
• 1.151 Koslowski
• 1.152 Kostin-Siekerin-Taciturnov
• 1.153 Kotliński
• 1.155 Kovaks
• 1.156 Kowalke
• 1.157 Kozlov
• 1.158 Kozłowski
• 1.159 Kraft
• 1.161 Kraemer
• 1.162 Kraft
• 1.163 Kramme & Zeuthen
• 1.164 Krapish
• 1.165 Krasniye Kryl'ya
• 1.166 Krauss
• 1.167 Kreider-Reisner
• 1.168 Kreit-Lambrickx
• 1.169 Kremp Yu
• 1.170 Kress
• 1.171 Kreutzer
• 1.172 Krenzer
• 1.173 Krier-Kraft
• 1.174 Krist
• 1.175 Aksel Kristiansen
• 1.176 Kronfeld
• 1.177 Krüger
• 1.178 Krumsiek
• 1.179 Kubicek Aircraft
• 1.180 Kucher
• 1.181 Kuhelj
• 1.182 Kuhnert
• 1.183 Kuhlia
• 1.184 Kurzenberger
• 1.185 Kutnar
• 1.189 Kyushu / Watanabe
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(Kate & Stan McLeod)

• K & S Jungster I
• K & S Jungster II
• K & S SA 102 Point 5 Cavalier

(Douglas Kaddy, West Groton, CT)

• Kaddy 1934 Monoplane [1]

(Everett E David, Detroit, MI)

• Kadiak KC-1 Speedster [1]

(Kaess Aircraft Engr Co, NJ)

• Kaess CL-1 [1]

(Teruo Kago) [2]

• Teruo Kago TK-1

(Kazan Aviation Institute)

• KAI-1 [3]
• KAI-2 [3]
• KAI-13 [3]
• KAI-15 [3]
• KAI-16 [3]

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (commonly referred to as KAI , Korean : 한국항공우주산업, Hanja : 韓國航空宇宙産業)

• KAI KT-1 Woongbi
• KAI KC-100 Naraon
• KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
• KAI KUH-1 Surion

(Jurgis Kairys)

• Kairys JUKA [4]

(Daniel (or Donald?) Kaiser, Chicago, IL)

• Kaiser 1912 Triplane [1]

(Daniel Kaiser, Milwaukee, WI) (May be Kiser)

• Kaiser Airliner [1]

Kaiser-Fleetwings

• Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39
• Kaiser-Fleetwings FK [1]
• Kaiser-Fleetwings BQ-2 [1]
• Kaiser-Fleetwings BTK

Kaiser-Hammond

(Kaiser-Stearman Aircraft Co, Oakland, CA)

• Kaiser-Hammond Y-2 Aircar [1]
• Kalec 1928 Biplane [1]
• Kalgoorlie Biplane [5]

Kalinauskas, Rolandas

(Rolandas Kalinauskas, Prienai, Lithuania)

• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-1 Swallow
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-2 Lightning
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-3 Wind
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-4 Minija
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-5 Ruth
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-6 Magic
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-7 Orange
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-8
• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-9 Palanga

Kalinin OKB

• Aleksandrov-Kalinin AK-1
• Kalinin K-2 [3]
• Kalinin K-3
• Kalinin K-4
• Kalinin K-5
• Kalinin K-6 [3]
• Kalinin K-7
• Kalinin K-9 [3]
• Kalinin K-10 [3]
• Kalinin K-11 [3]
• Kalinin K-12 [3]
• Kalinin K-13 [3]
• Kalinin K-14 [3]
• Kalinin K-15
• Kalinin A-2 [3]

(Albert Kalkert / Ramor Flugzeugbau )

• Kalkert KE.5
• Kalkert KE.7
• Kalkert KE.8
• Kalkert KE.9
• Kalkert KE.14
• Kalkert Ka 430 (assault glider)
• Kam-Craft Kamvair-2

((Charles H) Kaman Aircraft Corp, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1953: Bloomfield, CT 1967: Kaman Corp. 1969: Kaman Aerospace division.)

• Kaman H-2 Seasprite
• Kaman H-43 Huskie
• Kaman HTK Huskie
• Kaman HUK Huskie
• Kaman HU2K Seasprite
• Kaman K-16B
• Kaman K-125
• Kaman K-190
• Kaman K-225
• Kaman K-240 [1]
• Kaman K-600
• Kaman K-894 [1]
• Kaman K-1125, sometimes called Huskie III [1]
• Kaman K-1200
• Kaman K-MAX
• Kaman KSA-100 SAVER [1]
• Kamerton-N Ratnik

(Rim (or Ray) Kaminskas, Chino, CA)

• Kaminskas Jungster I [1]
• Kaminskas Jungster II [1]
• Kaminskas Jungster III [1]
• KaSkr-1 [3]
• KaSkr-2 [3]
• Kamov AK [3]
• Kamov Ka-10 "Hat"
• Kamov Ka-15 "Hen"
• Kamov Ka-18 "Hog"
• Kamov Ka-20 "Harp"
• Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl "Hoop"
• Kamov Ka-25 "Hormone"
• Kamov Ka-26 "Hoodlum-A"
• Kamov Ka-27 "Helix-A"
• Kamov Ka-28 "Helix"
• Kamov Ka-29 "Helix-B"
• Kamov Ka-31 "Helix-E"
• Kamov Ka-32 "Helix-C" and "Helix-D"
• Kamov Ka-37
• Kamov Ka-50 "Hokum-A"
• Kamov Ka-52 "Hokum-B"
• Kamov Ka-56
• Kamov Ka-60
• Kamov Ka-62
• Kamov Ka-90
• Kamov Ka-92
• Kamov Ka-115
• Kamov Ka-126 "Hoodlum-B"
• Kamov Ka-128
• Kamov Ka-136
• Kamov Ka-137
• Kamov Ka-226 "Hoodlum-C"
• Kamov V-100

Kansas City

(Kansas City Aircraft Co (pres: George or Gordon L Bennett), Richards Field, Kansas City, MO)

• Kansas City A [1]
• Kansas City Cabin [1]

Kanter-Moissant

• Kanter-Moissant monoplane

(Henry Kapferer)

• Kapferer Paulhan n°3 [6]
• Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA

Kaproni Bulgarski

( Caproni Bulgara SA / Samoletna Fabrika Kaproni Bulgarski )

• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-1 Papillon ( Papillon - Butterfly) - (Ca.100) [7]
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-2A Tchuchuliga ( Tchuchuliga - Lark) - (Ca.113)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-2UT (Ca.113)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-3 Tchuchuliga I ( Tchuchuliga I - Lark I) - (Ca.113)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-4 Tchuchuliga II ( Tchuchuliga II - Lark II) - (Ca.113)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-5 Tchuchuliga III ( Tchuchuliga III - Lark III) - (Ca.113)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-6 Papagal ( Papagal -Parrot) - (Ca.309 Ghibli) [7]
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan ( Fazan -Pheasant)
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-311 Kvazimodo (Ca.311) [7]

( Veljekset Karhumäki O/Y / Karhumäen veljekset )

• Karhumäki Karhu 1 Bear 1 [8]
• Karhumäki Karhu 2 Bear 2 [8]
• Karhumäki Karhu 3 Bear 3 [8]
• Karhumäki Tiira Tern [8] [9]
• Karhumäki Karhu 48B
• Karhumäki ViriMis-pronunciation or misspelling??

(Kari-Keen Aircraft Inc (founders: Ernest A Arndt, Swen Swanson, W W Wilson, one other unnamed), 509-511 Plymouth St, Sioux City, IA)

• Kari-Keen 60 Sioux coupe
• Kari-Keen 90 Sioux coupe

(Larry Karp, Deer Park, NY)

• Karp Canary hawk [1]

(Kasyaněnko / Kievskogo Politiechnicheskogo Instituta - KPI)

• Kasyaněnko KPI-5 a.k.a. No.5

(K K Kauffman, Pittsburgh, PA)

• Kauffman A-1 [1]

(Charles H Kaufmann, 49 Poinier St, Newark, NJ)

• Kaufmann A [1]

(Paul Kaufmann)

• Kaufmann n°1 [10]

( Kawanishi Kokuki kk - Kawanishi Aircraft Company Ltd.)

• Kawanishi Baika
• Kawanishi F
• Kawanishi G
• Kawanishi K-1
• Kawanishi K-2
• Kawanishi K-3
• Kawanishi K-5 [11]
• Kawanishi K-6
• Kawanishi K-7
• Kawanishi K-8
• Kawanishi K-9 [12]
• Kawanishi K-10
• Kawanishi K-11
• Kawanishi K-12 Sakura
• Kawanishi K-200
• Kawanishi P [11]
• Kawanishi S
• Kawanishi T
• Kawanishi E5K
• Kawanishi E7K
• Kawanishi E8K [13]
• Kawanishi E10K
• Kawanishi E11K
• Kawanishi E12K [13]
• Kawanishi E13K
• Kawanishi E15K Shiun
• Kawanishi F1K [13]
• Kawanishi G9K [13]
• Kawanishi H3K
• Kawanishi H6K
• Kawanishi H8K
• Kawanishi H11K [13]
• Kawanishi J3K
• Kawanishi J6K
• Kawanishi K6K
• Kawanishi K8K <
• Kawanishi N1K Kyofu, Kyohuu, Shiden, and Shiden-Kai; "Rex"
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 7-shi Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 8-shi Reconnaissance Seaplane [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 9-shi Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 9-shi Night Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 9-shi Transport Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 10-Shi Observation Seaplane [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 11-Shi Advanced Trainer Seaplane [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 11-shi Night Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 11-shi Transport Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 12-Shi Two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 12-Shi Three-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 14-Shi Two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane Shiun
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 15-Shi Fighter Seaplane Kyohuu
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 17-Shi Attack Bomber [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 17-Shi Otsu (B) Type Interceptor Fighter [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental 18-Shi Otsu (B) Type Interceptor Fighter Jinpuu [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Experimental Large-size Transport Flying-Boat Soukuu [13]
• Kawanishi Navy Fighter Seaplane Kyofu
• Kawanishi Navy Interceptor Fighter Shiden
• Kawanishi Navy Interceptor Fighter Shiden Kai
• Kawanishi Navy Training Fighter Shiden Kai Rensen
• Kawanishi Navy Transport Flying Boat Seikuu
• Kawanishi Navy Type 90-2 Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Type 94 Transport
• Kawanishi Navy Type 96 Transport Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Type 97 Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Type 97 Transport Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Type 0 Primary Trainer Seaplane
• Kawanishi Navy Type 2 Flying Boat
• Kawanishi Navy Type 2 High-Speed Reconnaissance Seaplane

( Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company Limited)

• Kawasaki A-6
• Kawasaki C-1
• Kawasaki C-2
• Kawasaki C-5
• Kawasaki Ka 87
• Kawasaki KAL-1 [14]
• Kawasaki KAL-2
• Kawasaki KAT-1
• Kawasaki KDA-2
• Kawasaki KDA-3
• Kawasaki KDA-5
• Kawasaki KDA-6
• Kawasaki KDC-2
• Kawasaki KDC-5 [11]
• Kawasaki KH-4
• Kawasaki KH-7
• Kawasaki-Vertol KV-107-II
• Kawasaki Igo-1-A
• Kawasaki Igo-1-B
• Kawasaki-Salmson 2-A.-2 [11]
• Kawasaki-Dornier Do N [11]
• Kawasaki-Dornier Komet Transport [11]
• Kawasaki-Dornier Merkur Transport [11]
• Kawasaki-Dornier Wal Transport Flying-boat [11]
• Kawasaki Experimental KDA-6 Reconnaissance Aircraft [11]
• Kawasaki Experimental KDC-2 Transport [11]
• Kawasaki Experimental Giyu No.3 Flying-boat [11]
• Kawasaki Experimental Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft [11]
• Kawasaki OH-1
• Kawasaki P-1
• Kawasaki P-2J
• Kawasaki T-4
• Kawasaki-Vertol 107-II
• Kawasaki YPX
• Kawasaki Ki-3
• Kawasaki Ki-5
• Kawasaki Ki-10
• Kawasaki Ki-22
• Kawasaki Ki-28
• Kawasaki Ki-32
• Kawasaki Ki-38
• Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu
• Kawasaki Ki-48
• Kawasaki Ki-56
• Kawasaki Ki-60
• Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien
• Kawasaki Ki-64
• Kawasaki Ki-66
• Kawasaki Ki-78
• Kawasaki Ki-81
• Kawasaki Ki-85
• Kawasaki Ki-88
• Kawasaki Ki-89
• Kawasaki Ki-91
• Kawasaki Ki-96
• Kawasaki Ki-100
• Kawasaki Ki-102
• Kawasaki Ki-108
• Kawasaki Ki-119
• Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko
• Kawasaki Ki-148
• Kawasaki Ki-174
• Kawasaki Army Experimental Multi-Seat Convoy Fighter
• Kawasaki Army Experimental KDA-3 Fighter [11]
• Kawasaki Army Type Otsu 1 Reconnaissance Aircraft [11]
• Kawasaki Army Type 87 Night Bomber (1927)
• Kawasaki Army Type 88 Reconnaissance Aircraft (1928)
• Kawasaki Army Type 88 Light Bomber (1928)
• Kawasaki Army Type 92 Model 1 Fighter (1932)
• Kawasaki Army Type 92 Model 2 Fighter
• Kawasaki Army Type 93-1 Single-engined Light Bomber (1933)
• Kawasaki Army Type 95 Fighter (1935)
• Kawasaki Army Type 98 Single-engine Light Bomber (1938)
• Kawasaki Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber (1939)
• Kawasaki Army Type 1 Freight Transport (1941)
• Kawasaki Army Type 2 Two-seat Fighter (1942)
• Kawasaki Army Type 3 Fighter (1943)
• Kawasaki Army Type 4 Assault Aircraft (1944)
• Kawasaki Army Type 4 Night Fighter
• Kawasaki Army Type 4 Two-seat Fighter
• Kawasaki Army Type 5 Fighter (1945)

(Kay Gyroplanes Ltd.)

• Kay Gyroplane 32/1
• Kay Gyroplane 33/1

Kayaba Industry

• Kayaba Heliplane
• Kayaba Ka-Go
• Kayaba Ka-1
• Kayaba Ka-2
• Kayaba Ku-2
• Kayaba Ku-3
• Kayaba Ku-4
• Kimura HK-1
• Kazan Ansat

(Yevgeny, Ivan and Andrei Kazyanenko)

• Kazyanenko No.5 [15]

( Sovremyenne Aviatsyonne Tekhnologii - Modern Aircraft Technologies)

• KB SAT SR-10

(Greek: Κρατικό Εργοστάσιο Αεροπλάνων - State Aircraft Factory)

• KEA Chelidon

((Horace) Keane Aeroplanes, North Beach, Long Island NY. c.1921: Acquired rights to ACE (Aircraft Engr Co, NY). c.1925: Keane Aircraft Corp, Keyport NJ. )

• Keane Ace [1]
• Keane HKL-27 [1]

(Charles F Keen, Madison, WI)

• Keen Special [1]

( Kegel-Flugzeugbau - Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using the AK logo)

• Kegel Zögling

(Keitek srl, Remanzacco, Italy)

• Keitek Streamer

(James Keleher, Fremont, CA)

• Keleher Lark

(Henry S "Pop" Keller, Chicago, IL)

• Keller 1911 Octoplane [1]
• Keller 1925 Monoplane [1]

(Fred Keller, Anchorage, AK)

• Keller Prospector STOL [1]

((W Wallace & Roderick G) Kellett Autogiro Corporation, Philadelphia, PA)

• Kellett K-1X [16]
• Kellett K-2
• Kellett K-3
• Kellett K-4
• Kellett KD-1
• Kellett KD-10 [16]
• Kellett KH-2 [16] [17]
• Kellett KH-15 [16]
• Kellett G-1
• Kellett H-8 [16]
• Kellett H-10 [16]
• Kellett H-17 [16]
• Kellett O-60
• Kellett R-2
• Kellett R-3
• Kellett R-8
• Kellett R-10
• Kellis Air-Truck [1]

Kellner-Béchereau

( Avions Kellner-Béchereau )

• Kellner-Béchereau 23 [18]
• Kellner-Béchereau 28VD [19] [20]
• Kellner-Béchereau 29
• Kellner-Béchereau 30
• Kellner-Béchereau E.1
• Kellner-Béchereau E.4 [21]
• Kellner-Béchereau EC.4
• Kellner-Béchereau ED.5
• Kellner-Béchereau E.5 [22]
• Kellner-Béchereau E.60 [23]

(Harold W Kellogg, Ontario, CA)

• Kellogg Monoplane [1]

(John Henry Kelly, El Dorado, AR)

• Kelly 1930 Monoplane [1]

(Dudley R Kelly, Versailles, KY)

• Kelly-D [1]

(Kevin Kelly )

• Kelly Barbara Jean II [1]

(Kelowna Flightcraft Centre)

• KFC Stretch 580 [24]

(Scott Kember, Sacramento, CA)

• Kember Nazgul [1]

(George C Distel & Ralph A Kendall, Le Sueur, MN)

• Kendall Crescent A [1]

(Dr. Ridley Kendall)

• Kendall Mayfly [25]

(Kennedy Aeroplanes Limited)

• Kennedy Giant [26]

(Kensgaila Aircraft Enterprize / Vladas Kensgaila)

• Kensgaila VK-1 Erelis
• Kensgaila VK-2
• Kensgaila K-20 (VK-3)
• Kensgaila VK-3
• Kensgaila VK-4 Žuvėdra
• Kensgaila VK-5
• Kensgaila VK-6
• Kensgaila VK-7
• Kensgaila VK-8 Ausra
• Kensgaila VK-9 [27]
• Kensgaila Arus?

(Ned Kensinger, Fort Worth, TX)

• Kensinger KF (a.k.a. Special) [1]
• Kensinger Tater Chip [1]

(Kentucky Aircraft Co, Owensboro, KY)

• Kentucky Aircraft Cardinal [1]

(Harold & Kenneth Kenyon, Warren, OH)

• Kenyon A [1]

(Charles A Kerestesi, Elgin, IL)

• Kerestesi G-1 [1]

(Dr Davenport Kerrison, Jacksonville, FL)

• Kerrison 1909 Biplane [1]

Kersey-Hudgins-Kennedy

(C C Kersey, James Hudgins, Virgil Kennedy, Ft Worth, TX)

• Kersey-Hudgins-Kennedy 1934 Monoplane [1]

(Kestrel Aircraft Co (fdr: Donald L Stroud), Norman, OK)

• Kestrel KL-1
• Kestrel K250

Killingsworth

(Richard Killingsworth, Ft Walton Beach, FL)

• Killingsworth DSK-1 Hawk [1]

(Kevin Kimball)

• Kimball McCullocoupe

((Wilbur R) Kimball Aircraft Corp, Naugatuck, CT)

• Kimball 1908 Helicopter [1]
• Kimball 1910 Ornithopter [1]
• Kimball Beetle [1]
• Kimball Tailless [1]

(Gene Kimbell, Dimmitt, TX)

• Kimbell 1935 Monoplane [1]

(Gareth J. Kimberley)

• Kimberley Sky-Rider [32]

(Michael J. Kimbrel)

• Kimbrel Dormoy Bathtub Mk.1 [25]
• Kimbrel Sorrell SNS-2 Guppy [25]

(Kimfly D.O.O., Vodice, Slovenia)

• Kimfly Alpin
• Kimfly Light Wing M24
• Kimfly Mini Wing Q
• Kimfly River

(Kinetic Aviation)

• Kinetic Mountain Goat

(King's Engineering Fellowship and Angel Aircraft Corp, Orange City IA. )

• King's Angel 44 [1]

Kingsford-Smith

(Kingsford Smith Aviation Services Pty. Ltd.)

• Kingsford Smith PL.7
• Kingsford Smith KS-3 Cropmaster
• Kingsford Smith Bushmaster
• Kingsford Smith Kingsmith

(Duane Kinman, Rubidoux, CA)

• Kinman Super Simple I [1]

(Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation)

• Kinner Airster
• Kinner Airster Monoplane [33]
• Kinner Argonaut [33]
• Kinner Playboy
• Kinner Sportster
• Kinner Sportwing
• Kinner Coupe [33]
• Kinner Courier [33]
• Kinner KE-8 [1]
• Kinner Monoplane [33]
• Kinner C-7 Envoy
• Kinner CG-14 Invader [33]
• Kinner RK Envoy
• Kinner Navy Experimental Type K Transport

(Cleveland, OH)

(Harold M Kippers, Mukwonago, WI)

• Kippers K-1 Land Monoplane [1]

(Joe Kirk )

• Kirk Skat [1]

(Kirkham Aeroplane & Motor Co, Bath, NY)

• Kirkham 1911 Biplane [1]
• Kirkham Air yacht [1]
• Kirkham Racer [1]
• Kirkham Gull

Kirkham-Williams

((Charles B) Kirkham and (Alford) Williams, Long Island, NY)

• Kirkham-Williams X [1]
• Kirkham-Williams Mercury I

(Prof Frederick K Kirsten, University of WA)

• Kirsten 1934 Cycloidal Flying machine [1]

Kitchen-Lee-Richards

see: Lee-Richards

(James Kistler )

• Kistler Skeeter (a.k.a. Scholl F-1) [1]
• Kistler Teenie Too (Skeeter reg!!)

( Kjeller Flyvemaskinsfabrik )

• Kjeller F.F.6 [15]
• Kjeller F.F.7 Hauk (Hannover CL.V)
• Kjeller F.F.8 Make I
• Kjeller F.F.8 Make II
• Kjeller F.F.8 Make III
• Kjeller F.F.9 Kaje I
• Kjeller F.F.9 Kaje II
• Kjeller F.F.9 Kaje III
• Kjeller PK X-1
• Kjeller PK X-2
• Kjeller T.2 [15]

(Lt. Col. Paul Kjolseth RNoAF)

• Kjolseth PKX-1 [34]
• Kjolseth PKX-2 refer to :no:Kjeller PK X-2

(G F Klampher, Wichita, KS)

• Klampher 1930 Monoplane [1]

(San Francisco, CA)

• Klassen 1910 Gyroplane [1]

(Štefan Klein)

• Klein Aeromobil

( Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm GmbH )

• Klemm L.17w [31]
• Klemm L.20 [31]
• Klemm Kl 25
• Klemm Kl 26 [31]
• Klemm Kl 31
• Klemm Kl 32
• Klemm L 33 [31]
• Klemm Kl 35
• Klemm Kl 36
• Klemm Kl 105
• Klemm Kl 106
• Klemm Kl 107
• Klemm Kl 151
• Klemm Kl 152 unbuilt fighter project, number reused by Focke-Wulf [35]
• Klemm Doppel-Kl 25 [31]
• Klemm Alpha

(Warren Kline, Miami, FL)

• Kline Red Bird [1]

(Karl D Klinedorf, Gary, IN)

• Klinedorf 1936 Monoplane [1]
• KLM&TU Flying V [36]

(Roy Knabenshue, Los Angeles, CA)

• Knabenshue 1910 Biplane [1]

(Frank Knapp, Palmer, AK)

• Knapp Lil cub
• Knapp Cub X

((Paul H) Knepper Aircraft, Lehighton, PA)

• Knepper KA-1 Crusader [1]
• Knepper KAC-4 Crusader [1]
• Knepper KAC-5 Crusader [1]

Knight Twister

(Vernon W Payne, Cicero, IL)

• Knight Twister 1934 prototype
• Knight Twister Junior 75-85
• Knight Twister KT
• Knight Twister KT-50
• Knight Twister KT-75
• Knight Twister KT-80
• Knight Twister KT-90
• Knight Twister KT-95
• Knight Twister Kay-Tee Pursuit
• Knight Twister KT-125
• Knight Twister KTD-2
• Knight Twister KTS-1
• Knight Twister KTT-90
• Knight Twister MC-7
• Knight Twister SKT-1 Sunday Knight Twister

((Felix W A) Knoll Aircraft Company, 471 W 1st St, Wichita, KS)

• Knoll KN-1 [1]
• Knoll KN-2 [1]
• Knoll KN-3 [1]
• Knoll KN-4 [1]
• Knoll KN-5 [1]
• Knoll KN-6 [1]
• Knoll KN-22 [1]

(Richard Knoll, Ogallala, NE)

• Knoll Z [1]

Knoll-Brayton

((Felix W A) Knoll-(---) Brayton Aeronautical Corp, Norwich, CT)

• Knoll-Brayton 1931 Monoplane [1]
• Knoll-Brayton Sachem

( Professor Richard Knoller )

• Knoller B.I(Av) [37]
• Knoller B.I(Th) [37]
• Knoller C.I(Ph)
• Knoller C.II(Av)
• Knoller C.II(Lo)
• Knoller C.II(WKF)
• Knoller 30.05 [37]
• Knoller 70.01 [15] [37]
• Knoller 70.02 [37]

(Leo Knöpfli)

• Knöpfli Mini-Stol

(Gp. Capt. A.S. Knowles)

• Knowles Duet

Knowlton (aircraft constructor)

• Knowlton LSP [1]

(Donald Knowlton)

• Knowlton Jodette [1]

(E J Knox, Portland, O.)

• Knox Special 4 [1]
• Kobeseiko Te-Gō

Kochyerigin

• Kochyerigin LR [3]
• Kochyerigin TSh-3 [3]
• Kochyerigin DI-6 [3]
• Kochyerigin SR [3]
• Kochyerigin R-9 [3]
• Kochyerigin LBSh [3]
• Kochyerigin Sh [3]
• Kochyerigin Sh-2 [3]
• Kochyerigin MMSh [3]
• Kochyerigin OPB [3]
• Kochyerigin PS-43 [3]
• Kochyerigin Bsh-1 [3]

(Antoni Kocjan)

• Kocjan Orlik
• Kocjan Orlik 2 (USAAC - XTG-7)
• Kocjan Orlik 3 Olympic Orlik
• Kocjan Bąk (horse-fly)
• Kocjan Bąk II
• Kocjan Bąk II bis
• Kocjan Czajka (Lapwing)
• Kocjan Czajka II
• Kocjan Czajka III
• Kocjan Czajka bis
• Kocjan Komar (Gnat) [ citation needed ]
• Kocjan Wrona (Crow) [ citation needed ]
• Kocjan Wrona bis [ citation needed ]
• Kocjan Sroka (Magpie) [ citation needed ]
• Kocjan-Grzeszczyk Mewa [ citation needed ]
• Kocjan TG-7 (Orlik 2)

( Kara Ostas Darbnica - Latvia)

Koechlin & Pischoff

• Koechlin monoplane (de) (predecessor to Pivot-Koechlin monoplane)

(Dr. Hermann Koehl and Ernst Von Loessl)

(Harold Koehler, Akron, OH)

• Koehler Air-Roamer 4 [1]
• Koehler Racer [1]
• Koenig 04 Tom-Pouss [30]

(Stefan Kohl, Kattenes, Germany)

• Kohl Mythos

Koivu and Toomey

(Fitchburg, MA)Koivu and Toomey

• Koivu and Toomey 1930 biplane [38]

(Kalevi & Seppo Kokkola)

• Kokkola Ko-3 Nousukas [39]
• Kokusai Ki-59
• Kokusai Ki-76
• Kokusai Ki-86
• Kokusai Ki-105 Ohtori
• Kokusai Ku-7
• Kokusai Ku-8
• Kokusai Army Experimental Glider
• Kokusai Army Type 1 Transport
• Kokusai Army Type 3 Command Liaison Plane
• Kokusai Army Type 4 Large Transport Glider
• Kokusai Ta-Go

((Homer) Kolb Co Inc, Phoenixville, PA)

• Kolb Laser [1]
• Kolb Firefly
• Kolb Firestar
• Kolb Flyer Powered Parachute
• Kolb Flyer SS
• Kolb Kolbra
• Kolb Mark III
• Kolb Slingshot
• Kolb Ultrastar

New Kolb Aircraft

• Kolb Flyer Super Sport
• Kolb King Kolbra

Kolitilin-Nikitin

(Ben Kolitilin and Misha Nikitin)

• Kolitilin-Nikitin PJ-II

( Kommissii po Tyazheloi Aviatsii - Commission for Heavy Aviation)

(Kompol SC, Swiercze, Poland)

• Kompol Jazz

( Kondor Flugzeugwerke G.m.b.H. )

• Kondor Taube Type H [40]
• Kondor W 1 [40]
• Kondor W 2C [40]
• Kondor D.I (E 3 production)
• Kondor E 3a
• Kondor Dreidekker

(Konner Srl)

Konstruktionskontor Nord

( Konstruktionskontor Nord - Flugzeugbau Nord)

• Konstruktionskontor Nord MZF 1
• Konstruktionskontor Nord BKF 1

(Sytse Frederick Willem Koolhoven; see also Armstrong-Whitworth and B.A.T.)

(manufactured at Maatschappij voor Luchtvaart 1911)

• Koolhoven Heidevogel

(Manufactured at Nationale Vliegtuig Industrie - NVI 1922-1926)

• Koolhoven F.K.29
• Koolhoven F.K.31
• Koolhoven F.K.32
• Koolhoven F.K.33
• Koolhoven F.K.34

(manufactured at N.V. Koolhoven Vliegtuigen 1926-1940)

• Koolhoven F.K.30 Toerist
• Koolhoven F.K.35 unflown
• Koolhoven F.K.36 unbuilt project [41]
• Koolhoven F.K.37 unbuilt project [41]
• Koolhoven F.K.39 unbuilt project [41]
• Koolhoven F.K.40
• Koolhoven F.K.41
• Koolhoven F.K.42
• Koolhoven F.K.43
• Koolhoven F.K.44 Koolmees
• Koolhoven F.K.45
• Koolhoven F.K.46
• Koolhoven F.K.47
• Koolhoven F.K.48
• Koolhoven F.K.49
• Koolhoven F.K.50
• Koolhoven F.K.51
• Koolhoven F.K.52
• Koolhoven F.K.53 Junior
• Koolhoven F.K.54
• Koolhoven F.K.55
• Koolhoven F.K.56
• Koolhoven F.K.57
• Koolhoven F.K.58
• Koolhoven F.K.59
• Korchagin Yamal
• Korean Air Chang-Gong 91

Korolyev OKB

(Sergey P. Korolyov)

• Korolyev RP-1
• Korolyev RP-318
• Korolyev SK-3 Krasnaya Zvezda

( Flugzeugbau Korsa - Hugo G. Schmid)

• Korsa 1 [42] [43]
• Korsa T.2 [44]

Kostin-Siekerin-Taciturnov

(L. Kostin, L. Siekerin & V. Taciturnov)

• Kostin-Siekerin-Taciturnov Leningradets [48]

(Jerzy Kotliński)

• Kotliński JK-1 Trzmiel [49]

(Young Ho Koun, Roosevelt Field, NY)

• Kouns-Craft [1]

(Joseph Kovaks)

• Kovacs K-51 Peregrino [50]

(Levern P Kowalke, Wall Lake, IA)

• Kowalke [1]

(Sergei G. Kozlov)

• Kozlov PS ( Prozrachnyy Samlyot - transparent aircraft)
• Kozlov EI ( Eksperimentalnyi Istrebitel - experimental fighter) [3] [51]
• Kozlov Gigant [3]

(Władysław Kozłowski)

• Kozłowski WK.1 Jutrzenka
• Kozlowski WK.3

(Phil Kraft)

• Kraft K-1 Super Fli

(KEA: Kratiko Ergostasio Aeroplanon - State Aircraft Factory)

(L A Kraemer, Rapid City, SD)

• Kraemer LK-1 Rapid Rambler [1]
• Kraemer LV-1 [1]

(Phil Kraft, Oceanside, CA)

• Kraft Super Fli [1]

Kramme & Zeuthen

(see:-Skandinavisk Aero Industri)

• SAI KZ VIII

((Alexander Peter) Krapish Aircraft Co, Kearny, NJ & Squantum, MA)

• Krapish K-1
• Krapish K-2
• Krapish K-3
• Krapish K-4 [1] [38] [52]

Krasniye Kryl'ya

(Taganrog, Russia)

• Krasniye Kryl'ya Deltacraft MD-40
• Krasniye Kryl'ya Deltacraft MD-50C
• Krauss TRS-111 [53]

Kreider-Reisner

((Ammon "Amos" H) Kreider-(Lewis E) Reisner Flying Service. 1927: Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co, Hagerstown, MD 1929: Acquired by Fairchild Aircraft Corp.)

• Kreider-Reisner A Midget
• Kreider-Reisner C-1
• Kreider-Reisner C-2 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-3 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-5 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-6 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-7 Challenger
• Kreider-Reisner C-31
• Kreider-Reisner KR-21
• Kreider-Reisner KR-31
• Kreider-Reisner KR-34
• Kreider-Reisner KR-34CA
• Kreider-Reisner KR-35
• Kreider-Reisner KR-125
• Kreider-Reisner KR-135
• Kreider-Reisner XC-31

Kreit-Lambrickx

( André Kreit & Lambrickx)

• Kreit Lambrickx KL.2 [54]
• Kremp Yu monoplane
• Kress Drachenflieger

(Joseph Kreutzer Corp, 1801 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA)

• Kreutzer K-1 Air Coach
• Kreutzer K-2 Air Coach
• Kreutzer K-3 Air Coach
• Kreutzer K-5 Air Coach
• Kreutzer T-6 Air Coach

(Frank Krenzer, Holcomb, NY)

• Krenzer [1]

Krier-Kraft

(Harold Krier, Wichita, KS)

• Krier-Kraft Acromaster [1]

(Chester J. Krist)

• Krist Cloud Cutter

Aksel Kristiansen

(Aksel Kristiansen)

• Kristiansen Norge A [55]
• Kristiansen Norge B [55]
• Kristiansen Norge C [55]

(Robert Kronfeld)

• Kronfeld Vienna [56]
• Kronfeld Austria [56]
• Kronfeld Drone Trainer [57]
• Kronfeld Drone
• Kronfeld Monoplane
• Kronfeld Ground Trainer [58]

(Eric Krüger - or Krueger)

• Krüger EK.51 Welcome [59]
• Krüger two-seater [59]

(Wilhelm Krumsiek)

• Krumsiek 1909 Aeroplan

Kubicek Aircraft

(Kubicek Aircraft spol s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic)

• Kubicek M-2 Scout
• Kubicek AV-1 Hot-air airship/balloon

(Kucher Airplane Corp, 2206 Valentine Ave, Bronx, NY)

• Kucher Club Plane [1]
• Kucher Red Devil Flivver [1]

(Dr. ing. Anton Kuhelj)

• Kuhelj LK-1 [60]
• Kuhelj TseTse

(Sam W Kuhnert, Camp Hill, PA)

• Kuhnert Photoplane [1]

(Mikka Kuhlia)

• Kuhlia MK Ia [61]
• Kuhlia MK Ib [61]
• Kuhlia MK II [62] [61]

Kurzenberger

(Richard Kurzenberger, Horsehead, NY)

• Kurzenberger Mini-Stuka [1]

(Virgil Kutnar, San Francisco, CA)

• Kutnar Rotorplane [1]

( Kaiserlicht Werft (Danzig) )

• K.W. Nos 404-405
• K.W. Nos 467-470
• K.W. Nos 1105-1106
• K.W. No. 1650

( Kaiserlicht Werft (Kiel) )

• K.W. Nos 463-466

( Kaiserlicht Werft (Wilhelmshaven) )

• K.W. Nos 401-403
• K.W. Nos 461-462
• K.W. No. 945
• K.W. No. 947

Kyushu / Watanabe

(Kyushu Hikoki K.K.) (some products were manufactured under the Watanabe name)

• Kyūshū K6W WS-103
• Kyūshū WS-103
• Kyushu J7W Shinden
• Kyushu K10W
• Kyushu K11W Shiragiku
• Kyushu Navy Experimental 14-Shi Basic Land Trainer Kouyou
• Kyushu Navy Experimental 14-Shi Intermediate Land Trainer [13] [63]
• Kyushu Navy Experimental 15-Shi Operational Trainer Shiragiku
• Kyushu Navy Experimental 17-Shi Patrol Bomber Tokai
• Kyushu Navy Experimental 18-Shi Otsu (B) Type Interceptor Fighter Shinden
• Kyushu Navy Experimental Jet-powered Interceptor Fighter Shinden-Kai
• Kyushu Navy Operations Trainer Shiragiku
• Kyushu Navy Patrol Plane Nankai [13] [63]
• ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.75 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.80 1.81 1.82 1.83 1.84 1.85 1.86 1.87 1.88 1.89 1.90 1.91 1.92 1.93 1.94 1.95 1.96 "American airplanes: Ka - Ku" . Aerofiles.com. 2008-08-15 . http://aerofiles.com/_k.html .  
• ↑ Taylor, John W.R., ed (1975). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76 (66th annual ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Inc.. ISBN   978-0531032503 .  
• ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 3.46 3.47 3.48 3.49 3.50 3.51 3.52 3.53 3.54 3.55 3.56 3.57 3.58 3.59 3.60 3.61 3.62 Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 . London: Osprey. ISBN   1-85532-405-9 .  
• ↑ Kairys, Jurgis. "Jurgis Kairys:Unlimited Flights" . http://www.jkairys.com/ .  
• ↑ "The First Successful Aeroplane Built in Western Australia "The Kalgoorlie Biplane"" . November 2005 . http://www.hibeach.net/biplane.html .  
• ↑ "Kapferer Paulhan n°3" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=1485&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&CLE=CONSTRUCTEUR&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bell, Dana (9 January 2004). Directory of Airplanes . Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 69. ISBN   9781853674907 .  
• ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Tervonen, Ismo (2002). Veljekset Karhumäki Suomen ilmailun pioneereina 1924–1956 . Tampere: Apali. ISBN   952-5026-25-6 .  
• ↑ "Veljekset Karhumäen suunnittelema ja rakentama Tiira" (in fi) . https://www.kuvakokoelmat.fi/pictures/view/HK19551228_302 .  
• ↑ "Kaufmann n°1" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9919&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=1487&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 Mikesh, Robert; Shorzoe Abe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941 . London: Putnam. ISBN   0-85177-840-2 .  
• ↑ "Lat Technique a l'Étranger Au Jiipon" . L'Air (235): 30. 15 August 1929 . https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9808891t/f29.item . Retrieved 11 February 2019 .  
• ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 "WWII Imperial Japanese Naval Aviation Page" . http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/ijnaf.htm .  
• ↑ " Error: no |title= specified when using {{ Cite web }} " (in ja) . http://dansa.minim.ne.jp/a4407a5502KAL-1.htm .  
• ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of fighters . London: Salamander Books Limited. ISBN   1-85833-777-1 .  
• ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 "American airplanes: Kellett" . Aerofiles.com. 2008-08-15 . http://www.aerofiles.com/_kellett.html .  
• ↑ Bridgman, Leonard, ed (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 . London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.  
• ↑ "Kellner-Béchereau 23" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9047&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=733&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ "Kellner-Béchereau 28VD" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=891&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=733&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ Léglise, Pierre (October 1933). TECHNICAL MEMORANDUMS NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS; No.724; THE 1933 CONTEST FOR THE DEUTSCH DE LA MEURTHE TROPHY; AIRPLANES PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST . NACA . https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc63460/ . Retrieved 9 August 2016 .  
• ↑ "Kellner-Béchereau E-4" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9055&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=733&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ "Kellner-Béchereau E-5" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=890&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=733&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ "Kellner-Béchereau E-60" . www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21 . http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1266&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=733&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= .  
• ↑ Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710609656 . https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai00lamb .  
• ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Taylor, John W. R. (1983). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83 . London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN   0-7106-0748-2 .  
• ↑ Gey, C.G. (1969). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1919 (Facsimile ed.). London: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited. ISBN   0-7153-4647-4 .  
• ↑ ""VK-9" - self-made (!) twin-engined 8 seats lithuanian aircraft !!!" . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9S_bSZEiq8 .  
• ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "American airplanes: Keystone" . Aerofiles.com. 2008-08-15 . http://www.aerofiles.com/_keys.html .  
• ↑ Nemecek, Vaclav (1986). The History of Soviet Aircraft from 1918 . Willow Books, Key Publishing. ISBN   0-00-218033-2 .  
• ↑ 30.0 30.1 Gaillard, Pierre (1991). Les Avions Francaisde 1965 a 1990 . Paris: Editions EPA. ISBN   2-85120-392-4 .  
• ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.3 - Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt . Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN   3-7637-5467-9 .  
• ↑ John W.R. Taylor, ed (1988). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89 . London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   0-7106-0867-5 .  
• ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 "American airplanes: Kinner" . Aerofiles.com. 2008-08-15 . http://www.aerofiles.com/_kinner.html .  
• ↑ "Kjeller PKX-1 Eksperimentelt helikopter" (in no) . http://www.forsvaretsmuseer.no/nor/Luftforsvarsmuseet/Flyene/Forsvarets-Flysamling/Kjeller-PKX-1-Eksperimentelt-helikopter .  
• ↑ "German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945)" . http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/germany.html .  
• ↑ "Flying-V" . https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ae/flying-v .  
• ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 Grosz, Peter M.; George Haddow; Peter Scheiner (2002). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One . Boulder: Flying Machine Press. ISBN   1-891268-05-8 .  
• ↑ 38.0 38.1 "MASSACHUSETTS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS 1909-2006 E - K" . http://www.massaerohistory.org/Aircraft_Mfrs_E-K.html .  
• ↑ Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World (3rd ed.). McDonald & Co.. p. 314.  
• ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN   0-370-00103-6 .  
• ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 "Koolhoven Vliegtuigen" . Koolhoven . http://www.koolhoven.com/history/airplanes/koolhoven/ .  
• ↑ "THE "KORSA I" A Swiss Light 'Plane with 50 H.P. Anzani Engine" . Flight : 230–231. 5 April 1928 . http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200258.html . Retrieved 18 May 2014 .  
• ↑ Grey, C.G., ed (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 . London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd.  
• ↑ "1930 | 0587 | Flight Archive" . Flight . 23 May 1930 . http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%200587.html . Retrieved 18 May 2014 .  
• ↑ " Error: no |title= specified when using {{ Cite web }} " (in ru-RU) . http://xn--80aafy5bs.xn--p1ai/aviamuseum/aviatsiya/sssr/istrebiteli-2/1920-e-1930-e-gody/istrebitel-mk-1-rybka/ .  
• ↑ Savine, Alexandre Yu.. "MK-1 Rybka, V.L.Korvin" . http://ram-home.com/ram-old/mk-1rybka.html .  
• ↑ Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters . London: Salamander. ISBN   1-85833-777-1 .  
• ↑ Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World (3rd ed.). McDonald & Co.. p. 121.  
• ↑ "Helicopter: JK-1 Trzmiel" (in pl, en) . http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/zbiory_sz.php?ido=72&w=a .  
• ↑ "Picture of the Joseph Kovacs K-51 Peregrino aircraft" . http://www.airliners.net/photo/Joseph-Kovacs-K-51/0038591/M/ .  
• ↑ Gordon, Yefim; Gunston, Bill (2000). SovietX-Planes . Hinkley: Midland. ISBN   1-85780-099-0 .  
• ↑ "Speedy lines feature Al Kriapish's low-wing" . Aviation Week : 655. 29 March 1930 . http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19300329#!&pid=654 . Retrieved 1 April 2016 .  
• ↑ Stingray. "Valunas Va-1" . https://sites.google.com/site/stingrayslistofrotorcraft/krauss-trs-111 .  
• ↑ "Kreit-Lambrickx KL.2" . http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/CivilPics/civil_pics_ooaaa_ooczz/kreit_kl2_ooanp.htm .  
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• ↑ 63.0 63.1 Francillon, Rene (March 1987). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (2nd (American) ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN   978-0870213137 .  

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Loening Model 23

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The Loening S-1 Flying Yacht , also called the Loening Model 23 , was an early light monoplane flying boat designed in the United States by Grover Loening in the early 1920s. [1] The aircraft won the 1921 Collier Trophy .

• 1 Design and development
• 2 Operational history
• 4 Operators
• 5 Specifications (S-1)
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Design and development [ ]

It was a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with the engine mounted pusher-fashion in a nacelle atop the wing. The cabin was semi-enclosed, featuring side windows but no roof, and was located immediately ahead of the wing. Twin tails were fitted, carrying a common stabiliser in a high position. The construction was unusual, in that rather than the flying boat hull being integral with the fuselage, the Model 23's hull was a large, separate pontoon mounted directly underneath a fuselage that was a separate structure. [2] This was intended to combine the safety of a floatplane design with the low parasitic drag of a conventional flying boat [2] Grover Loening was awarded the 1921 Aero Club of America Trophy for the design. [3] The fuel tank was located under the rear passenger seat. [4] The prototype was tested with a new roll-control mechanism to replace ailerons using a small leading edge that extended and retracted outboard of the wing tips. [5]

Operational history [ ]

The S-1 was the second seaplane in monoplane configuration ever to go into production. [6] It was one of the fastest seaplanes in production in 1921. [7] The S-1 set a world seaplane record of 141 mph (227 km/h) in 1921 winning the Collier trophy for the year. [8] An S-1 set a world record for altitude with four passengers flying to a height of 19,500 ft (5,944 m) over Long Island, New York in August 1921. [9]

Three of the Air Yachts were purchased by the New York-Newport Air Service , [10] [11] and nine by the United States Army Air Service which operated them under the designation S-1 . [10]

On a test-flight on 16 August 1921, an Air Yacht piloted by David McCullock reached an altitude of 19,500 ft (5,900 m) carrying three passengers (Grover Loening, Leroy Grumman , and Ladislas d'Orcy ) in what was believed to be a record at the time. [2] On 7 November 1924, Victor E. Bertrandias set a world airspeed record for a seaplane over a 1000-km course, with a speed of 103 mph (164 km/h) in an Army S-1. [12]

Variants [ ]

Operators [ ].

• New York-Newport Air Service
• United States Army Air Service (Nine with the military designation S-1)

Specifications (S-1) [ ]

A civilian Air Yacht

Data from American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft: An Illustrated History ; [16]

General characteristics

• Capacity: 4
• Length: 30 ft (9.1 m)
• Wingspan: 45 ft (14 m)
• Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
• Wing area: 330 sq ft (31 m 2 )
• Empty weight: 2,200 lb (998 kg)
• Gross weight: 3,550 lb (1,610 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Liberty L-12 , 400 hp (300 kW)
• Propellers: 4-bladed Hartzell

Performance

• Maximum speed: 123 kn; 227 km/h (141 mph)
• Cruise speed: 96 kn; 177 km/h (110 mph)
• Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,900 m)
• Rate of climb: 950 ft/min (4.8 m/s)
• Time to altitude: 10 mins. to 9,500ft.
• Wing loading: 10.7 lb/sq ft (52 kg/m 2 )
• Power/mass: 8.9lbs/hp

See also [ ]

• Spencer Air Car
• Republic Seabee
• Kirkham Air Yacht

References [ ]

• ↑ Taylor 1989, 609
• ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Loening Model 23 Flying Boat"
• ↑ Collier 1920-1929 winners
• ↑ "The Loening Claim for the Collier Trophy." Aviation, January 30, 1922.
• ↑ "Loening tests new type of flight control for airplanes." Automotive Industries, December 14, 1922.
• ↑ 6.0 6.1 Johnson 2009 [ page needed ]
• ↑ Aviation, February 20, 1922, p. 234.
• ↑ "The Founding Father." Flying Magazine, August 1976, p. 76.
• ↑ Aviation, January 2, 1922, p. 8.
• ↑ 10.0 10.1 Taylor 1989, 610
• ↑ "Newport-New York Air Service Ready
• ↑ FAI Record File
• ↑ Stoff 2010, p. 26.
• ↑ Flight 3 April 1922, p. 392.
• ↑ Nicolaou 1998 [ page needed ]
• ↑ Flight October 27, 1921, p. 699 et seq.
• "The Loening Model 23 Flying Boat" . 27 October 1921. pp. 699–701 . http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200699.html?search=loening%20air%20yacht . Retrieved 2008-10-15 .  
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