Rearwin Sportster

Sportster
	Rearwin Sportster 9000 displayed in the Drage Airworld museum at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia in March 1988
Role	Sporting/Touring monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Rearwin Aircraft & Engines
First flight	1935
Number built	330+

The Rearwin Sportster is a 1930s American two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Rearwin Aircraft & Engines.

Design and development

The first variant, a Sportster 7000 first flew on 30 April 1935. It was a two-seat braced high-wing cabin monoplane powered by a LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine. The 7000 followed by a de luxe and more powerful engined versions, the 8500, 9000-L and 9000-KR. It had a standard tailskid landing gear but was available with floats or skis. In 1937 a new variant appeared the Sportster 9000-W powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine.

Two Sportster 9000s were impressed into military service during World War II under the designation UC-102.^[1]

Variants

Rearwin Sportster 7000: Initial production variant powered by either a 70hp (52kW) LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine, 75 built.
Rearwin Sportster 8500: Variant with a 85hp (63kW) LeBlond 5DF
Rearwin Sportster 9000-L: Variant with a 90hp (67kW) LeBlond 5F
Rearwin Sportster 9000-KR: Variant powered by a Ken-Royce engine,
Rearwin Sportster 9000-W: Variant powered by a 90hp (67kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine, eight built.
Götaverken GV 38: A licence-built version from Sweden, built by AB Götaverken.

Operators

Military operators

Honduras

Honduran Air Force^{[citation needed]}

New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force^{[citation needed]}

Specifications (8500)

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2

Performance

References

Notes

^ Johnson, E.R. (2013). American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 978-0786462698.
^ Orbis 1985, page 2792

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

Media related to Rearwin Sportster at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Johnson, E.R. (2013). American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 978-0786462698.

[2] Orbis 1985, page 2792

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Revived original sequence (2005-present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146 C-147
Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-767B C-880
Related designations	CT-39 CT-43 CV-2 CV-7
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