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The Fairchild Model 24, is a four-seat, single-engine monoplane light transport aircraft that was used by the United States Army Air Corps as the UC-61 and by the Royal Air Force. The Model 24 was itself a development of previous…

The Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser was a larger, more powerful version of the basic Piper J-3 Cub. It was designed just two years after the J-3 Cub, and differed by having a wider fuselage with the pilot sitting in the…

The J-2 Cub (later known as the Piper J-2 Piper Cub) was made in America as a two-seat lightweight airplane that was produced by the Taylor Aircraft Company. Later, they became known as the Piper Aircraft Company, and the J-2…

The Taylor Cub was designed by C. Gilbert Taylor as a simple, small, and light aircraft. It evolved from the Arrowing Chummy and was the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub. C.G. Taylor and the Taylor Aircraft Company began…

The 1930 Fleet Model 1 is a classic two-seat sport biplane with an open cockpit.  Aviation Pioneer Reuben H. Fleet developed the plane in the late 1920s. It was durable and forgiving, making it a good trainer, and it became…

The Curtiss Robin was introduced in 1928 and was a high-wing monoplane with a 90 hp V8 OX-5 8-cylinder engine. Later, it was fitted with the more powerful Challenger engine that developed between 170 and 185 hp and was designated…

Edward Bayard Heath, for whom the 1920s-era Heath Company was named, was born in New York State in 1888. His family owned a machine shop where he acquired his engineering education by the trial-and-error method, and this is where he…