The Loening S-1 Flying Yacht , also called the Loening Model 23 , was an early light monoplane flying boat designed in the United States by Grover Loening in the early 1920s. The aircraft won the 1921 Collier Trophy .
6-535: Loening Air Yacht may refer to: Loening Model 23 (1921), the original Air Yacht Loening C-2 (1928) Loening C-4 (1928), later marketed by Keystone-Loening as the K-85 See also [ edit ] Loening Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Loening Air Yacht . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-399: A high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with the engine mounted pusher-fashion in a nacelle atop the wing. The cabin was semi-enclosed, featuring side windows but no roof, and was located immediately ahead of the wing. Twin tails were fitted, carrying a common stabiliser in a high position. The construction was unusual, in that rather than the flying boat hull being integral with the fuselage,
18-454: The Model 23's hull was a large, separate pontoon mounted directly underneath a fuselage that was a separate structure. This was intended to combine the safety of a floatplane design with the low parasitic drag of a conventional flying boat Grover Loening was awarded the 1921 Aero Club of America Trophy for the design. The fuel tank was located under the rear passenger seat. The prototype
24-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loening_Air_Yacht&oldid=1162175225 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Loening Model 23 The S-1 Flying Yacht was
30-844: The year. An S-1 set a world record for altitude with four passengers flying to a height of 19,500 ft (5,944 m) over Long Island, New York in August 1921. Three of the Air Yachts were purchased by the New York-Newport Air Service , and nine by the United States Army Air Service which operated them under the designation S-1 . On a test-flight on 16 August 1921, an Air Yacht piloted by David McCulloch reached an altitude of 19,500 ft (5,900 m) carrying three passengers (Grover Loening, Leroy Grumman , and Ladislas d'Orcy ) in what
36-465: Was tested with a new roll-control mechanism to replace ailerons using a small leading edge that extended and retracted outboard of the wing tips . The S-1 was the second seaplane in monoplane configuration ever to go into production. It was one of the fastest seaplanes in production in 1921. The S-1 set a world seaplane record of 141 mph (227 km/h) in 1921 winning the Collier trophy for
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