- Cox-Klemin XA-1
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XA-1 Role Ambulance Biplane National origin United States Manufacturer Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation First flight 1923 Primary user United States Army Air Service Number built 2 The Cox-Klemin XA-1 was a 1920s American air ambulance biplane designed and built by the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Service, only two prototypes were built.[1]
Design and development
The XA-1 was designed as an ambulance aircraft to replace modified de Havilland DH.4 aircraft with the United States Army Air Service.[1] The XA-1 was a biplane powered by a 420 hp (313 kW) Liberty 12A engine with a fixed conventional landing gear, it had a crew of two and room for two stretchers.[1] Two prototype aircraft designated XA-1 (A-1 was the first allocation in the army air services ambulance designation system) were flown but no further aircraft were built.[1]
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Andrade, John (1979). U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hinckley, Leicstershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications. p. 171. ISBN 0904597229.
External links
USAAS ambulance aircraft XA-1 • A-2
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