Mercury Chic T-2 Explained
The
Mercury Chic T-2 was a lightweight
American parasol wing
monoplane designed and built by the
Mercury Aircraft Inc. in the late 1920s. Flown for the first time in 1928, about 27 were built, but due to the early
1930s economic depression only 15 were sold, and the rest were scrapped.
[1] [2] Design
The Chic T-2 had a fabric-covered welded-steel tube fuselage with a parasol wing. It had a fixed conventional landing gear and two tandem open cockpits for the pilot and pupil. Originally flown with a 650NaN0 Viele radial engine, this was soon replaced with a more powerful 900NaN0 LeBlond 7D radial engine.
Surviving aircraft
A Mercury Chic T-2 (NC53N) is on display at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York.[3]
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Notes and References
- Web site: American airplanes: Mercury . Aerofiles.com . 2020-11-18.
- Web site: Civil Aircraft Register - United States . airhistory.org.uk . 2020-11-18.
- Book: Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. 2007. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. 0-85130-385-4. 337.
