Two seaplane designated rr ype S for Navy (BuA-140/141) were cancelled. :Vlaximum speed 173mph (188.5mph, XP-13A) cruising speed 138mph (15Omph XP-13 ) climb 5,000ft/3min (3.5min XP-13 ) ervice ceiling 20,775ft (24, 150ft XP-13A).īP Twin 186hp tractor-type 'battleplane' with pilot and two gunners in c ntral nacelle, twin booms and tail. Span 28ft Oin length 23ft 6in height ft Sin wing area 1 9sq ft. A SAAC performance report of 1930 described it as having 'a comfortable feel' in all aerobatics and 'makes a wonderfully smooth slow roll.' The XP-13A was de troyed in a crash following an inflight fire. Ignated XP-13A and was fow1d to be 15mph faster than the XP-13. Also induded in that title is Fleet Aircraft of '.1.co. d in 1976, and is comprehensively Ulvered in a companion Putnam, CalIadian Aircrqft since 1909.Canadair, owned outright by the Electric Boat Company (forerunner of General Dynamics) since July 1947, became Canadian-controlI However, there are three airl raft manufacturers that are eligible for melusion in this volume but have had to be omitted because of space conIderations. As its title suggests, this book retricts its coverage to aircraft, and other products of General Dynamics are exduded. The present General Dynamics is a defence wnglomerate encompassing not only aircraft (which contribute about one third of its revenue), but also submarines, missiles, space and electronics, and land vehicles and systems. ,ctive in the United States today, none has had such a complicated corporate history as General Dynamics. ( )f all the major aircraft manufactw-ers. General Dynamics General Dynamics Aircraft General Dynamics elected Projects Stinson Stinson Aircraft Selected Stinson Projectsīarkley-Grow Aircraft Corporation Barkley-Grow AircraftĬonvair Convair Aircraft Convair Selected Projects Cnauthorized duplication eontra\'enes appliCllble la\\'s. 89-60237 ISBN 0-87021-233-8 'n,is edition is authorized for sale only in the L'nited States and its territories and possessions, ,md Canada. Thomas Brothers Aircraft Thomas-:\1orse Aircraft Thomas and Thomas-:\1orse Selected Projectsĭayton Wright Dayton Wright Aircraft Dayton \Vlight ProjectsĬonsolidated Aircraft Corporation Consolidated :\1odels and Production Summary Consolidated Aircraft John \Vegg 1990 First published in Great Britain by Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway :\ Iaritime Press Ltd 24 Bride Lane, Fleet Street London EC4Y 8DR Published and distributed in the United States of Ameriea and Canada by the _ aval Institute Press Annopolis, ylaryland 2l-1D2 Library of Congress Catalog Card :'-10. General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors Aircraft and their Predecessors John Wegg