Company:Morrow Aircraft Corporation
Morrow Aircraft Corporation was American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by Howard (Spud) Morrow, and opened on April 1,1941 in San Bernardino, California. Morrow Aircraft factory designed and built the Model 1-L tandem two-seat trainer for Civilian Pilot Training Program. Morrow Aircraft used a plastic bonded plywood construction for the body and was powered by a Lycoming O-435 engine. The Model 1-L was also called the Victory Trainer. The factory was at the Municipal Airport, San Bernardino, now Norton Air Force Base . Designed by Edgar Schmued who also worked on the North American P-51 Mustang. The Victory Trainer prototype was built, but not used for the World War 2 effort. The Victory Trainer wing and tail resembled that of the P-51 Mustang, so the plane was called the Little Mustang by some.[1]
Specifications Morrow 1-L Victory Trainer
One built Morrow 1-L # NX33661, FAA Type Certificate 2-568
Data from Morrow Aircraft Corporation
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 - Tandem enclosed cockpits with complete dual control and instruments. Doors to each cockpit.
- Length: 25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 4 in (9.24 m)
- Height: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
- Wing area: 142.5 sq ft (13.24 m2)
- Empty weight: 965 lb (438 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,650 lb (748 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 27 US gal (22 imp gal; 100 l)Tandem enclosed cockpits with complete dual control and instruments. Doors to each cockpit.
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435 6-cyl horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 175 hp (130 kW) at 3,000 rpm
- Propellers: 2-bladed constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 180 mph (290 km/h, 160 kn)
- Cruise speed: 160 mph (260 km/h, 140 kn)
- Range: 1,000 mi (1,600 km, 870 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
See also
- California during World War II
- Bartlett Zephyr
- Ray Morrow founded Morrow Aircraft Corporation in 1996 to design and build the MB-300 plane.[2]
References
Further reading
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 122.
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