Stinson Voyager Explained
The Stinson Voyager was an American light utility monoplane built during the 1940s by the Stinson Aircraft Company.
Development
First developed as the Stinson HW-75 and marketed as the Model 105 in 1939, the design was a high-wing three-seat braced monoplane powered by either a 75-hp (63.4-Kw) Continental A-75 or an 80-hp (67.7-Kw) Continental A-80-6. This was developed into the Model 10, introduced in 1940, powered by a Continental A-80 piston engine. The Model 10 introduced a wider cabin as well as an improved standard for the interior and finish.[1] In 1941 the Model 10 was followed by the Model 10A, powered by a Franklin 4AC-199 engine and the Model 10B with a Lycoming GO-145. The 10A was the last of the series, but the first to be called "Voyager", a name that was retained for the post-war Stinson 108.
Six Model 10s were evaluated by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as the YO-54. The unsuccessful tests led Stinson to design an all-new aircraft designated Model 76, later known as the L-5 Sentinel.
A number of Model 105s and Model 10As were impressed into USAAF service as the AT-19 (later L-9). However, the AT-19 designation has not been verified.
After World War II, the type was developed as the Model 108, the prototypes being converted Model 10As.
Variants
- HW-75 (1939, marketed as Model 105)
Production variant also known as the HW-75 with a Continental A-75 engine), or HW-80 with a Continental A-80 engine, 277 built.
- Model 10 (1940)
Improved production variant with an 80 hp Continental A-80 engine, 260 built.
- Model 10A Voyager (1941)
Variant with a 90 hp Franklin 4AC-199 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).The first of the series to bear the Voyager name.
- Model 10B (1941)
Variant with a 75 hp Lycoming GO-145 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).[2]
- YO-54 (1940)
United States Army designation for six Model 10s for evaluation.[3]
- AT-19A
Original military designation for eight Model 105s impressed in 1942, later changed to L-9A.[4]
- AT-19B
Original designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, later changed to L-9B.
- L-9A (1942)
Final designation for eight impressed Model 105 Voyagers, originally AT-19A.
- L-9B (1942)
Final designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, originally AT-19B.Operators
Canada
Bibliography
- Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. .
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
- Morareau. Lucien. Les oubliées des Antilles. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . September 1998 . 66. 30–37 . The Forgotten Ones of the Antilles. fr . 1243-8650.
- Sapienza. Antonio Luis. Les premiers avions de transport commercial au Paraguay. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . June 2000. 87 . 45–47 . The First Commercial Transport Aircraft in Paraguay. fr . 1243-8650.
- Simpson, R.W. Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbory, Shrops, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1991. .
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Notes and References
- Orbis 1985, p. 2960.
- Simpson 1991, pp. 317–318,
- Andrade 1979, p. 139.
- Andrade 1979, p. 130.
