Kinner Playboy Explained

Playboy
Type:Sporting monoplane
First Flight:1933
Number Built:13[1]

The Kinner R Playboy was a 1930s American two-seat sporting monoplane built by Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.[1]

Design and development

The Playboy was a two-seat (side-by-side) sporting monoplane designed by Max B. Harlow and built by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in 1933.[2] Originally built with an enclosed cockpit the sole R was modified to have an open cockpit as the Kinner R-1 Playboy. Production aircraft were designated Kinner R-5 Playboy. one of the 12 built being supplied to the China Aviation Assn (Shanghai), fitted with a 210abbr=onNaNabbr=on Kinner C-5 engine.[1] The Center for Freedom and Flight in Vacaville, California has one of the two remaining aircraft on display.

Variants

Data from:[1]

Kinner R Playboy
  • The original closed cockpit version of the Playboy.
    Kinner R-1 Playboy
  • The R modified to have an open cockpit.
    Kinner R-5 Playboy
  • The production version with enclosed cockpit, 12 aircraft were built.

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kinner. Eckland. K.O.. 6 December 2007. Aerofiles.com. 18 May 2012. USA.
    2. Air Progress Sport Aircraft. The Quiet Professor. Jouhn Underwood. Winter 1969.

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