Lincoln Standard L.S.5 Explained

The Lincoln Standard L.S.5 was a modification of the Standard J biplane to accommodate 5 passengers marketed by the Lincoln Aircraft Company (later the Lincoln-Page Aircraft Co.).[1] [2]

Design and development

The L.S.5 was a modification to the Standard J Biplane. The aircraft featured an engine upgrade to 1500NaN0 from the original Curtiss OX-5 engine and a modification to the fuselage to seat four passengers in an unusually deep open cockpit layout with side-by-side configuration seating facing each other.[3]

Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza purchased and flew a L.S.5, named "Excelsior", making flights that earned him the reputation of "The Lindbergh of Mexico" in 1927. It crashed on July 12, 1928, killing Carranza, on a return flight from New York.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linclon's Emergence as an Aviation Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20040702173248/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/lincolns_emergence_aviation.htm. usurped. July 2, 2004. 4 December 2011.
  2. Book: U.S. civil aircraft: Volume 1; Volume 1. registration. Joseph P. Juptner. 1962 .
  3. Skyways. July 2000. 47.
  4. http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Carranza.htm Check-Six.com - "The Lindbergh of Mexico"