Dayton-Wright Cabin Cruiser

what is it?

The Dayton-Wright KT Cabin Cruiser was a 1920s American three-seat touring aircraft built by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in Dayton, Ohio. Often known as the "Honeymoon Express", it was one of several civilian aircraft the company developed from the de Havilland DH.4.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 193 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,872 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 105 years ago, in 1921.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1921

number built

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role

three-seat touring aircraft

makers

Dayton-Wright

engines

1× Liberty 12

passengers

2

length

9.2 m

wingspan

13.3 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

1,872 kg

top speed

193 km/h

range

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