General-Western P-2 Meteor
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| Role | Parasol aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | General-Western Aero Corp |
| Designer | Albin Peterson |
| Introduction | 1932 |
| Number built | 6 |
The General-Western Meteor, also called the Air Transport Mfg Meteor, Phantom Meteor and the Bantam Meteor was a parasol wing aircraft.
Design and development
[edit]The P-2-S was built at Goleta Airport after development of the P-1 at the General-Western plant at Santa Barbara Municipal airport. It received its American type certificate on 6 May 1932. The aircraft was one of the earliest examples built with all-metal propellers.[1][2] Rights to the design were sold to the Air Transport Mfg Co. in 1935[3]
The P-2-S is a high-wing, conventional landing gear equipped, parasol-wing aircraft powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner radial engine.[4]
Operational history
[edit]The prototype was destroyed in testing in 1930.[5]
Variants
[edit]- P-1
- single seat prototype
- P-2-S
- Two seat sport model
- P-2-T
- Trainer model
- Crop duster
- One example was modified into a cropduster with a 220 hp (164 kW) Continental engine upgrade.[6]
Specifications (General-Western P-2-S Meteor)
[edit]Data from American airplane specifications[7]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
- Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
- Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
- Wing area: 146.8 sq ft (13.64 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,137 lb (516 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,750 lb (794 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Kinner K-5 radial engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)
- Cruise speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
- Stall speed: 40 mph (64 km/h, 35 kn)
- Range: 420 mi (680 km, 360 nmi)
References
[edit]- ^ Neal Graffy. Historic Santa Barbara: An Illustrated History.
- ^ "Santa Barbara Airport History" (PDF). Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ Skyways. October 2001.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Meteor P-2-S". Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Meteor P-2-S". Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ Joseph P. Juptner. U.S. civil aircraft, Volume 5.
- ^ "American Aircraft specifications". Aviation. July 1932. pp. 314–315.
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