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Arrow Sport A2-60
United States — two-seat single-engine sporting biplane
Archive Photos 1
1929 Arrow Sport A2-60 (N9325 / G-AARO) on display 2/16/2004 at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia (Jim Hough photo copyright © 2004 Jim Hough)
Overview 2
The Arrow Sport was a two-seat sporting biplane aircraft built in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.
Design and Construction 2
It was of largely conventional configuration with tail skid undercarriage, but was interesting in that the pilot and passenger sat side-by-side in the open cockpit, and because as originally designed, the fully cantilever wings lacked interplane struts - the upper wing attaching directly to the top of the fuselage. This latter feature proved so alarming to many prospective pilots that the manufacturer later supplied N-type struts that were of no real function other than to allay the aviators’ fears.
Survivors 2
Several Sport aircraft are currently flying in the United States in 2009. Nine Sports are preserved in U.S. museums and collections including an example of the A2-60 variant at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
Variants 2
Specifications (A2-60) 2
General Characteristics
Performance
References