Acme Sportsman Explained

The Acme Sportsman was a two-seat parasol wing sportsplane built in the United States in 1928 by Acme Aircraft Corporation, a company from Rockford, Illinois. It was of conventional taildragger configuration with open cockpits in tandem and folding wings. It was designed by Edward Stalker of the University of Michigan.

Variants

Acme Model 21 Sportsman

Production aircraft powered by Velie M-5 engines

Smith O

One aircraft re-engined with a 100hp Kinner K-5

Para-monoplane

The other aircraft re-engined with a 45hp Szekely SR-5

References

Web site: Aircraft Ab - Ak . Eckland . K.O. . 2 May 2009 . aerofiles.com . 26 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121205051134/http://aerofiles.com/_ab.html . 5 December 2012 .