Kreider-Reisner

The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was a former American flying service and aircraft manufacturer from 1923-1929.

History

The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was formed at Hagerstown, Maryland in 1923 as a sub-contractor. By 1925 the company was operating a general flying service. In 1926 it designed and built the first aircraft the Midget lightplane. The aircraft performed well in aviation competitions so the company then designed a two-seat utility biplane. It had decided it was cheaper to design and build an aircraft for use in its own flying services and the resulting aircraft was the C-2 Challenger. A smaller version was designed and built in 1928 as the C-6 Challenger. In 1929 the company was bought by the Fairchild Aircraft Company who continued production at Hagerstown and redesignated the aircraft in a Fairchild KR series. [The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, p. 1674]

In 1929-1930 the company produced a single-seat biplane, the KR-21, powered by a five-cylinder Kinner B-5 radial engine of 125 hp (93 kW), and sporting tapered wings (unusual for biplanes of the time). It was variously marketed as a Fairchild product and a KR product. Its gross weight was 1,500 lb (680 kg). Total production was 49 units; as of summer 2007, 14 examples were still being carried on Federal Aviation Administration registration rolls. [Air & Space magazine, Vol 22 No 3, August 2007, "1930 Kreider-Reisner KR-21A", p. 25]

Aircraft

* Kreider-Reisner C-2 Challenger
* Kreider-Reisner C-3 Challenger
* Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger
* Kreider-Reisner C-6 Challenger
* Fairchild KR-21
* Kreider-Reisner C-31
* Kreider-Resiner Midget

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