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Wingspan
  
9.72 m

Manufacturer
  
Brown Aircraft Co.

Length
  
7.89 m

The Brown B-3 was a 1930s American two-seat touring monoplane built by the Lawrence Brown Aircraft Company.

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Design and development

The B-3 was based on earlier B-2 Miss Los Angeles single-seat racing monoplane. It introduced two seats in tandem under an enclosed cockpit and had for the day some advanced features including Handley Page leading edge slots and single-slotted ailerons and flaps on the wing trailing edge. Powered by a 290 horsepower (219 kW) Menasco C6S-4 Super Buccaneer inline piston engine, only one airplane was built. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire at (of the then Metropolitan Airport) Van Nuys Airport on October 10, 1943. Interestingly, the B-3 can be seen sitting on the ramp during the scene of Humphrey Bogart's famous goodbye in the film Casablanca.

Specifications

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1
  • Length: 25 ft 11 in (7.89 m)
  • Wingspan: 31 ft 11 in (9.72 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Wing area: 150.0 sq ft (13.94 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,650 lb (1,202 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Menasco C6S-4 Super Buccaneer inline piston engine, 290 hp (220 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton Standard

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 205 mph (330 km/h; 178 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 190 mph (165 kn; 306 km/h)
  • Range: 600 mi; 522 nmi (966 km)
  • Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)

    • References

    Brown B-3 Wikipedia
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