Manufacturer Kari-Keen Manufacturing | Designer Swen Swanson | |
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The Kari-Keen 90 Sioux coupe was a two-seat cabin monoplane.
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Development
Kari-Keen was an automotive luggage producer that started in the growing aviation business in 1929. Production of the Sioux coupe began in 1929 and ended on 1 August 1933. The first model, the Kari-Keen 60 Sioux Coup, featured a 60 hp (45 kW) Veile M-5 engine. 22 aircraft were built without a type certificate. In 1930, six more model 90s were built with a type certificate. In 1931, the Sioux Aircraft Corporation bought the company assets, changing the name of the Kari-Keen 90 into the Sioux Coupe 90.
Design
The Kari-Keen 90 Sioux Coupe was designed by Swen Swanson and was a two-seat side-by-side high-wing monoplane with conventional landing gear. The wing was fully cantilevered, with skylights built in. The fuel tank sat above the pilot's head and was part of the leading edge. Ole Fahlin built all the propellers and test-flew the aircraft.
Variants
Aircraft on display
A Kari-Keen Sioux Model 90B was displayed at the 1931 Detroit air show. In 1977, A restored Kari-Keen 90B won Grand Champion antique at the 1977 EAA Oshkosh Airshow. A Kari-Keen 90 Sioux Coupe is on display at the Iowa Aviation Museum A Kari-Keen 90A Sioux Coupe is on display at the Sioux City Public Museum, last flown in 2004.
Specifications (Kari-Keen 90-C Sioux coupe)
Data from FAA TCDS, Sport Aviation
General characteristics
Performance