Bach Super Transport
| Super Transport | |
|---|---|
| Role | Airliner |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Bach Aircraft |
| Designer | L. Morton Bach |
| Status | Concept only |
| Developed from | Bach Air Yacht |
The Bach "Super Transport" was a design for a four-engined transport aircraft that was never built.[1]
Design and development
The Bach Aircraft Company was founded by L. Morton Bach in the early 1940s.[2] Following in the footsteps of Fokker with the Fokker F.VII Trimotor, and the metal Ford Trimotor, the Bach Air Yacht was developed as a commercial trimotor transport.[3] In 1928, Bach filed a patent for a four-engined design. The aircraft was similar to the trimotor as a metal-covered, strut-braced biplane, with conventional landing gear. It also featured semi-circular windows like the Stout 2-AT Pullman. The aircraft design featured an unusual modification of the trimotor arrangement with two nose-mounted engines stacked above each other with cockpit windows between them. The fuselage carried a double-decker seating arrangement. The Bach company was reorganized and dissolved during the Great Depression without any examples built.[4]
Specifications (Super Transport)
Data from Patent 79061
General characteristics
- Powerplant: 4 × Radial engines
- Propellers: 2-bladed
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ^ "U.S. Patent 79061 for Super Transport". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "L. Morton Bach". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "The Bach Air Yacht". Flight. 9 August 1928.
- ^ "U.S. Patent 79061 for Super Transport". Retrieved 16 October 2013.