- Elias TA-1
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variants with their own articles=The Elias TA-1 was a 1920s American biplane training aircraft built by Elias. Only three aircraft were built for evaluation by the
United States Army Air Service .The TA-1 (a United States military designation Trainer, Aircooled No. 1) was designed to meet a United States Army requirement for a training aircraft for the air service. The TA-1 was a conventional two-seat biplane. Three were built, two with a
Lawrence R-1 engine and another with anABC Wasp . The aircraft performance was inferior to the other aircraft under evaluation (theDayton-Wright TA-3 ) and no orders or further aircraft were built.Operators
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*United States Army Air Service pecifications (TA-1)
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* John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0 904597 22 9 (Page 171)
* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1599ee also
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