Manufacturer Columbia Aircraft Co. | ||
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The Brown-Young BY-1, also called the Columbia Sesquiplane and the Model 2, was a prototype sesquiplane from Columbia Aircraft Co..
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Design and development
The prototype aircraft was originally designed to be a four place equivalent of the Luscombe Phantom. After construction, the aircraft had an additional lower staggered wing added below the fuselage, that housed retractable landing gear.
The aircraft was a radial engined sesquiplane with retractable conventional landing gear. The fuselage was all aluminum construction and the wings were fabric covered.
Operational history
The BY-1 prototype had its Jacobs engine installed in the prototype MB-10 trainer. The BY-1 was scrapped at White Rock Airport in Dallas, Texas for materials during the Second World War.
Specifications (Brown-Young BY-1)
Data from skyways
General characteristics