Cox-Klemin XA-1
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The Cox-Klemin XA-1 was a 1920s American
United States
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air ambulance
Air ambulance
An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport....
biplane designed and built by the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation
Cox-Klemin
The Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer on Long Island from 1921 to 1925.It was founded by Charles Cox and Alexander Klemin in College Point, New York....
for the United States Army Air Service
United States Army Air Service
The Air Service, United States Army was a forerunner of the United States Air Force during and after World War I. It was established as an independent but temporary wartime branch of the War Department by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation...
, only two prototypes were built.
Design and development
The XA-1 was designed as an ambulance aircraft to replace modified de Havilland DH.4 aircraft with the United States Army Air ServiceUnited States Army Air Service
The Air Service, United States Army was a forerunner of the United States Air Force during and after World War I. It was established as an independent but temporary wartime branch of the War Department by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation...
. The XA-1 was a biplane powered by a 420 hp Liberty 12A engine with a fixed conventional landing gear
Conventional landing gear
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, it had a crew of two and room for two stretchers. Two prototype aircraft designated XA-1 (A-1 was the first allocation in the army air services ambulance designation system) were flown but no further aircraft were built.