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{{Short description|Historical American manufacturer}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2019}}
'''Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp''' was an airplane and engine manufacturer, founded in [[Glendale, California]], United States by [[Bert Kinner]] in the mid-1920s. Kinner's chief engineer was [[Max B. Harlow]] who went on to found the [[Harlow Aircraft Company]].<ref>{{cite journal|magazine=Air Progress Sport Aircraft|title=The Quiet Professor|author=John Underwood|date=Winter 1969}}</ref> It went bankrupt in 1937 and the aircraft rights were sold to [[O.W. Timm Aircraft Company]]. The engine department was rearranged as ''Kinner Motor Inc'' in 1938, but folded in 1946. Kinner became the West Coast's largest producer of aircraft engines in 1941.<ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 121, 125-6, Cypress, CA, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>
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| image_caption = A Kinner Sportwing in the magazine L'Aerophile in October 1935
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| fate = Bankrupt in 1937
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'''Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp''' was an airplane and engine manufacturer, founded, in the mid-1920s, in [[Glendale, California]], [[United States]], by [[Bert Kinner]], the manager of [[Kinner Field]]. Kinner's chief engineer was [[Max B. Harlow]] who later founded the [[Harlow Aircraft Company]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Progress Sport Aircraft|title=The Quiet Professor|author=John Underwood|date=Winter 1969}}</ref> It went bankrupt in 1937, and the aircraft rights were sold to [[O.W. Timm Aircraft Company]]. The engine department was rearranged as ''Kinner Motor Inc'' in 1938, but collapsed in 1946. Kinner became the West Coast's largest producer of aircraft engines in 1941.<ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 121, 125-6, Cypress, CA, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>


==Products==
==Products==


===Aircraft designs===
===Aircraft===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*[[Kinner Airster|Kinner K1 Airster]], from around 1920, powered by a three-cylinder [[radial engine]] of 66 [[Horsepower|hp]]. Known to be the first aircraft that [[Amelia Earhart]] owned. Later specimens were nicknamed "Crackerbox" for its plywood fuselage.
|-
*[[Kinner Sportster|Kinner Sportster K-1 and B-1]], 1933, with a five-cylinder radial engine of {{convert|100|hp}} to {{convert|125|hp}}. Became rather popular and sold in some dozen pieces. A few of them are still flying. The Kinner K-5 and B-5 engines were also delivered to a wide variety of other aircraft manufacturers, including Monocoupe, [[Waco Aircraft Company|Waco]], [[St. Louis Car Company]], and [[Fleet Aircraft|Fleet]]. The design later evolved into the Security Aircraft Company Airster.
! Model name
*[[Kinner Sportwing|Kinner Sportwing B-2]], 1933, after the bankruptcy sold as ''Timm 2SA''.
! First flight
*[[Kinner Playboy|Kinner Playboy R-1]], 1933, two-seat sports monoplane.
! Number built
*[[Kinner Envoy|Kinner Envoy C-7]], 1934 with {{convert|300|hp}} Kinner C-7 engine, with room for four persons. It was sold to private owner pilots and to the United States Navy as ''XRK-1'', and remained in use well into the 1940s. This was the last production model of the Kinners.<ref>Aerofiles</ref>
! Type

|-
|align=left| [[Kinner Airster]]
|align=center| 1920
|align=center|
|align=left| Single engine biplane
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner Sportster]]
|align=center| 1932
|align=center|
|align=left| Single engine sport monoplane
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner Sportwing]]
|align=center| 1933
|align=center|
|align=left| Single engine sport monoplane
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner Playboy]]
|align=center| 1933
|align=center| 13
|align=left| Single engine sport monoplane
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner Envoy]]
|align=center| 1934
|align=center| 8
|align=left| Single engine cabin monoplane
|-
|}

===Engines===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Model name
! Configuration
! Power


|-
===Engine designs===
|align=left| [[Kinner K-5]]
(in chronological order)
|align=center| R5
;[[Kinner K-5]]
|align=center| 100 hp
:100 hp (75 kW) radial engine
|-
;[[Kinner B-5]]
|align=left| [[Kinner B-5]]
:125 hp (93 kW) radial engine
|align=center| R5
;[[Kinner R-5]]
|align=center| 125 hp
:160 hp (119 kW) radial engine
|-
;[[Kinner C-5]]
|align=left| [[Kinner R-5]]
:245 hp (183 kW) radial engine, military designation '''R-720'''.
|align=center| R5
;[[Kinner C-7]]
|align=center| 160 hp
:340 hp (254 kW) radial engine, military designation '''R-1045-2'''.
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner C-5]]
|align=center| R5
|align=center| 245 hp
|-
|align=left| [[Kinner C-7]]
|align=center|
|align=center| 340 hp
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.russellw.com/planes/kinner/default.htm Enthusiasts' page]
* [http://www.russellw.com/planes/kinner/default.htm Enthusiasts' page]
* [http://www.vintageaircraftengines.com/kinner/default.htm Vintage engines]
* [http://www.vintageaircraftengines.com/kinner/default.htm Vintage engines]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=w98DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA324&dq=Junkers+stratosphere&hl=en&ei=4KgNTb33B8S4ngeYq9WjDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Junkers%20stratosphere&f=true "Wings Of Airplane Fold Up In Three Minutes"] Kinner K-5 Sportster with optional wing fold, ''Popular Mechanics,'' March 1934
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=w98DAAAAMBAJ&dq=Junkers+stratosphere&pg=PA324 "Wings Of Airplane Fold Up In Three Minutes"] Kinner K-5 Sportster with optional wing fold, ''Popular Mechanics,'' March 1934
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=p-IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA277&dq=popular+mechanics+1930+aircraft&hl=en&ei=KaMmTZ-LCentnQeE6ZzjAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=popular%20mechanics%201930%20aircraft&f=true "Air Riddles and The Answers"] Kinner Courier, ''Popular Mechanics'', February 1930 page 277
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=p-IDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+mechanics+1930+aircraft&pg=PA277 "Air Riddles and The Answers"] Kinner Courier, ''Popular Mechanics'', February 1930 page 277


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Latest revision as of 16:55, 17 March 2023

Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation
IndustrieAerospace
FoundersBert Kinner
Defunct1937 (1937)
FateBankrupt in 1937
SuccessorO.W. Timm Aircraft Company
Key people
Max B. Harlow

Kinner Airplane & Motor Corp was an airplane and engine manufacturer, founded, in the mid-1920s, in Glendale, California, United States, by Bert Kinner, the manager of Kinner Field. Kinner's chief engineer was Max B. Harlow who later founded the Harlow Aircraft Company.[1] It went bankrupt in 1937, and the aircraft rights were sold to O.W. Timm Aircraft Company. The engine department was rearranged as Kinner Motor Inc in 1938, but collapsed in 1946. Kinner became the West Coast's largest producer of aircraft engines in 1941.[2]

Produkte

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Aircraft

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Model name First flight Number built Typ
Kinner Airster 1920 Single engine biplane
Kinner Sportster 1932 Single engine sport monoplane
Kinner Sportwing 1933 Single engine sport monoplane
Kinner Playboy 1933 13 Single engine sport monoplane
Kinner Envoy 1934 8 Single engine cabin monoplane

Engines

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Model name Configuration Power
Kinner K-5 R5 100 hp
Kinner B-5 R5 125 hp
Kinner R-5 R5 160 hp
Kinner C-5 R5 245 hp
Kinner C-7 340 hp

References

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  1. ^ John Underwood (Winter 1969). "The Quiet Professor". Air Progress Sport Aircraft.
  2. ^ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, pp. 121, 125-6, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.
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