Evening star., 1928-01-01
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MODELS
CREATING CONCERN In EUROPE
Six Particular Types Offered in u. S. Market Held
Superior and Less Costly Than Those Oh.
tanned in Foreign Field.

, cabin monoplane. along the general
lines of the American product and de
signed for the Whirlwind. soon will
make its appearance as the first for
eign competitor OF the American
products.
Great Britain. according 20 reports
received here. Is particularly worried
over the future OF the American indus
try from the standpoint OF losing Can
ada and Australia as customers. -te
only craft IL can offer by way of com
petition is the low powered. open cock
p.s hiplane type. comparable to the
roadster or runabout in the automo
bile trade. These ships have lin
tied range with respect to cruising
and are ideal for the private owner OF
local aerial sight-seeing promoter. The
four outstanding planes OF this type
are the Avro Avian. the blackburn
Bluebird. the Deiiaviland Moth. al
biplanes. and the Wcstland Widgcon.
u monoplane.
America Competing.
But America has competitors for
these In numerous low,powered, open.
cockpit hiplanes. The leader In this
field are the Waco and the Eagle
rock. the former being manufactured
at Troy. Ohio. by the Advance Air,
craft Corporation and the latter by
the Alexander Aircraft Corporation of
Denver. Colo. These types. almost
without exception. utilize the %.
horsepower Curtiss o\.S warhuilt en-.
4ine. of which there are many In
storage and which are obtainable at a
con parativeiy low sum.
Due primarily to the low cost Of the
OK engine. the American low. powered
planes ara from $i.sSo tn $i.Sso
cheaper than the British ot the same
type. and as the difference In the per
formance of tho two is not held To- he
very marked. the American firms rely
on tho low cost to boost their sales.
From Great britain comes this oh
servation on the Whiriwind mono.
plane production In America:
'"fhe real trouble il not the price
or high powered engines, but the lack
of a zoo horsepower engine for the
type Of aeroplane which is most likely
To do the worlds orlinar" air trans
port work,
1T IN just ths old metor,ear problem
over again We we're prepared to sell
Napiers and kalls, Royces and cars ot
that class AT i,noo pounds sterling
apiece or mere, or We we're prepared
10 sell iow'powered ears at low prices.
which were Of no use for cpiantal
roads 30 the Americans came atons
with their hig bore, aiaw,rnnning EN-
sinea and his wheela and wide tracks
and soid cars between "a horsepower
and 80 horsepower for ANYTHING I've
tween tao pounds and 800 pounds.
And, af course. they got the overseas
market
unahir ta Meet Price.
'Just IN the same way to-day We
can offer aeraplanes with anything hs,
tween 4ao horsepower and LAO horse
power at prices anythiag between 3, 900
pounds aud au, 600 pounds, F We can
ogfer Moths and Az ians aad nlueh,tds
and Witgeuna az AAmething hetween
sau pounds and gao neunds, Hut we
eannnt efter them the mitdle staea
high speed passenger sehleie at ataut
| ], 900 pounds, And that In What the
American and the Frenehnan can ta,
"ia there any reason why we In this
country With eur comparatively Mw
wages, aur law cost af lNlag thanks,
,cenurusa On Third fsgsl