Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation
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Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp was an airplane and engine manufacturer, founded in Glendale
, California
by Bert Kinner in the mid-1920s. It went bankrupt in 1937 and the aircraft rights were sold to Timm Aircraft Co. The engine department was rearranged as Kinner Motor Inc in 1938, but folded in 1946.
Kinner K-5
Kinner R-5
Kinner C-7
Glendale, California
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, California
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by Bert Kinner in the mid-1920s. It went bankrupt in 1937 and the aircraft rights were sold to Timm Aircraft Co. The engine department was rearranged as Kinner Motor Inc in 1938, but folded in 1946.
Aircraft designs
- Kinner K1 AirsterKinner AirsterThe Kinner Airster is an American two-seat single-engined biplane designed by Bert Kinner and built by his Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.-Development:...
, from around 1920, powered by a 3 cylinder radial engineRadial engineThe radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central crankshaft like the spokes on a wheel...
of 66 hpHorsepowerHorsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
. Known to be the first aircraft that Amelia EarhartAmelia EarhartAmelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...
owned. Later specimens nicknamed "Crackerbox" for its plywood fuselage. - Kinner Sportster K-1 and B-1Kinner Sportster-External links:*-See also:...
, 1933, with a 5-cylinder radial engine of 100 hp to 125 hp. Became rather popular and sold in some dozen pcs. A few of them still flying. The Kinner K-5 and B-5 engines were also delivered to a wide variety of other aircraft manufacturers including Monocoupe, WacoWaco Aircraft CompanyThe Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....
, St. Louis Car CompanySt. Louis Car CompanyThe St. Louis Car Company was a major United States manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, streetcars, trolleybuses and locomotives that existed from 1887–1973, based in St. Louis, Missouri.-History:...
, and FleetFleet AircraftFleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957.In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light, trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft in Fort Erie, Ontario, to acquire the foreign rights to...
. The design later evolved into the Security Aircraft Company Airster. - Kinner Sportwing B-2Kinner Sportwing-See also:...
, 1933, after the bancruptcy sold as Timm 2SA. - Kinner Playboy R-1Kinner Playboy-See also:...
, 1933, two-seat sports monoplane. - Kinner Envoy C-7, 1934 with 300 hp Kinner C-7 engine, with room for four persons. It was sold to private owner pilots and to the US Navy as XRK-1, and remained in use well into the 1940s. This was the last production model of the Kinners.
Engine designs
Kinner B-5Kinner B-5
|-See also:-References:* http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/usaero4.htm-External links:...
- 125 hp (93 kW) radial engine
Kinner K-5
Kinner K-5
|-References:* http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/usaero4.htm...
- 100 hp (75 kW) radial engine
Kinner R-5
Kinner R-5
|-See also:-References:* http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/usaero4.htm...
- 160 hp (119 kW) radial engine
Kinner C-7
- 340 hp (254 kW) radial engine, military designation R-1045-2.
External links
- Aerofiles
- Enthusiasts' page
- Vintage engines
- "Wings Of Airplane Fold Up In Three Minutes" Kinner K-5 Sportster with optional wing fold, Popular Mechanics, March 1934
- "Air Riddles and The Answers" Kinner Courier, Popular Mechanics, February 1930 page 277