Fleet Model 1

what is it?

The Fleet Model 1 (originally the Consolidated Model 14 Husky Junior) and its derivatives are a family of two-seat trainer and sports biplanes produced in the United States and Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. They all shared the same basic design and varied mainly in their powerplants.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 183 km/htop speed
• size 826 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 98 years ago, in 1928.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1928

number built

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role

recreational and training aircraft

makers

Consolidated Aircraft

engines

1× Kinner K-5

crew

2

length

6.3 m

wingspan

8.5 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

826 kg

top speed

183 km/h

cruise speed

142 km/h

range

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ceiling

3,719 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.