Brunner-Winkle Bird

The Brunner-Winkle Bird was a three-seat taxi and joy-riding aircraft produced in the USA from 1928 to 1931.

Design and operation

The Model A version was powered by the ubiquitous Curtiss OX-5, and featured a welded steel-tube truss fuselage with metal and fabric skinning. The wings, constructed of Spruce and plywood were also covered with metal and fabric skinning. The Model A had a reasonable performance for an OX-5 powered aircraft. The Model A's ease of handling led to its entry into the 1929 Guggenheim Safety Airplane contest, where it was awarded the highest ratings for a standard production aircraft.

The Model A was awarded Group 2 approval no 2-33 in January 1929 for the first nine aircraft serial no. 1000 to 1008. Aircraft serial no. 1009 upwards were manufactured under Air Transport Certificate no. 101.

Variants

Data from: aerofiles.com

• Model A - original production version with Curtiss OX-5 engine (ca. 80 built)
  • Model AT - version with Milwaukee Tank engine (2 converted from Model A)
• Model B - version with Kinner K-5 engine (1 prototype)
  • Model BK - production version of Model B (84 built)
• Model C - version with Wright J-5 engine (1 built)
  • Model CC - version with Curtiss R-600 Challenger engine (1 built)
  • Model CJ - version with Jacobs LA-1 engine (6 built)
  • Model CK - version with Kinner B-5 engine (50 built)
    • Model RK - export version of Model CK (1 built)
• Model E - 4-5 seat version with enclosed cabin and Kinner B-5 engine (1 built)
• Model F - version with Packard DR-980 (1 built)

References

• Aircraft Ba-Bl. aerofiles.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.
• U.S. Civil Aircraft VOL.2. Los Angeles CA: Aero Publishers, 9 to 11. 
• The BrunnerWinkleBird. cradleofaviation.org. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.

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