Lasco Lascoter

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Lasco Lascoter
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Type: Airliner
Design country:

AustraliaAustralia Australia

Manufacturer:

Larkin Aircraft Supply Company

First flight:

May 25, 1929

Commissioning:

1929

Number of pieces:

1

The Lasco Lascoter was a commercial aircraft produced by the Australian manufacturer Larkin Aircraft Supply Company .

History and construction

The Lasco Lascoter was a six-seat commercial and mail plane produced by Larkin Aircraft Supply Company (Lasco). The Lascoter was the first aircraft designed and built in Australia to receive the certificate of airworthiness. The machine was a strutted high -wing aircraft with a fabric-covered tubular steel fuselage, conventional tail unit and fixed tail wheel landing gear . She also had a closed cabin for the passengers and the pilot. The development of the Lascoter began in June 1928 at the same time as the Lascondor , with which it had 90% identical components. The first flight took place on May 25, 1929. Although she was damaged during a landing, she received the certificate of airworthiness on July 22, 1929. The machine was then used by the Australian Aerial Services  - an airline owned by Lasco - and used on the airmail route between Camooweal, Queensland and Daly Waters, Northern Territory . The Lascoter was operated by the Australian Aerial Services and their successors until 1938.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 5
length ? m
span ? m
height ? m
Wing area ? m²
payload ? kg
Empty mass 1134 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 2042 kg
Cruising speed ? km / h
Top speed 112 km / h
Service ceiling ? m
Range ? km
Engines 1 × 6-cylinder in - line Siddeley Puma engine with 179 kW (243 PS)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lascoter history page , accessed on May 29, 2013
  2. ↑ "AN AUSTRALIAN MONO PLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER. The Larkin" Lascoter " " Flight magazine, August 8, 1929, p 855 , accessed on May 29, 2013
  3. ↑ Meggs, p. 210.
  4. ↑ Meggs, p. 215.
  5. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN AERIAL SERVICES, LTD. COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES" Flight magazine, 19 December 1930, p 1468 , accessed on May 29, 2013
  6. ^ "Australian-Built Aircraft Approved", Flight magazine, November 23, 1933, p. 1176 , accessed May 29, 2013