Pilawt
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Here's a blast from the past, 1966. I don't really know why this attractive 4-seater never made it to production.
What is it?
What is it?
Pilawt said:Here's a blast from the past, 1966. I don't really know why this attractive 4-seater never made it to production.
What is it?
Yup. It was intended to be a four-seat companion to the two-seater which was then the company's only product. If you look closely at the four-seater, parts of it bear a slight family resemblance to the two-seater. The two-seater had been built by other companies both before and after this particular small Kansas company.Greg Bockelman said:You sure there are 4 seats in that thing?
Nope. Think of a two-seater more well-known than that.Steve said:Thorp?
Pilawt said:Nope. Think of a two-seater more well-known than that.
Ercoupe ... or Aircoupe as this manufacturer spelled it ... is the two-seater to which this is related. The small Kansas company was formed by two former Beech executives around 1964 to produce the Aircoupe. They sold out to Mooney in 1967. Mooney built Aircoupes for a short time (as Mooney Cadet), but this 4-seat prototype was never produced.Greg Bockelman said:OK, it looks like a 4 seat Ercoupe or similar. I have no idea what it would have been called.
You got it, Ed. Alon called the Aircoupe the Model A-2. The four-seater was simply called A-4, or XA-4 in light of its experimental status.N2212R said:Aircoupe Alon A4
Pilawt said:You got it, Ed. Alon called the Aircoupe the Model A-2. The four-seater was simply called A-4, or XA-4 in light of its experimental status.
-- Pilawt
Never overlook the obvious!N2212R said:Yeah, it also said so on the tail