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Waco A series

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The Waco A series is a range of light American-built twin side-by-side seater sporting biplanes of the early 1930s.

Development

The Waco A series was introduced in 1932 as an affordable private-owner aircraft with cross-country range and baggage capacity and a more sporting image than the larger Waco F series. The A series offered a number of engine options which had varying sub-designations. The power range lay between the KBA with a Template:Convert Kinner engine and the later UBA with a Template:Convert Continental powerplant.[1]

The PLA "Sportsman" of 1933 introduced a longer wider fuselage and a higher useful load and had a Template:Convert Jacobs LA-1 radial engine. The last model in the series was the ULA, also of 1933, with a Template:Convert powerplant.[2]

Operational history

The A series was bought mainly by private pilot owners with a sporting inclination. Relatively few were produced and the type survives in small numbers in 2009. A PBA is on display in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field near St Louis, Missouri.

Variants (in approximate chronological order)

(per Simpson, 2001, p. 574)

KBA
Template:Convert Kinner K-5
IBA
Template:Convert Kinner B-5
PBA
Template:Convert Jacobs LA-1
RBA
Template:Convert Warner Scarab
TBA
Template:Convert Kinner R-5
UBA
Template:Convert Continental R-670
PLA
longer and wider fuselage and Template:Convert Jacobs LA-1
ULA
as PLA with Template:Convert Continental R-670

Specifications (RBA variant)

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References

Notes
  1. Simpson, 2001, p. 574
  2. Green, 1965, p. 306
Bibliography
  • Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN none. 
  • Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3. 


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