It's a Kinner

摘要

For the general aviation population, the Kinner name is associated with a family of low-power radial engines. This may be true, but Kinner activities were far from being limited to engine production. From 1932 to 1937, Kinner produced a line of monoplanes that became an inspiration for an entire generation of airplane designers. Some of their features could be found on other designs years after the company ceased all activity. Bert Kinner, founder of the Kinner Airplane and Motors Corp., developed his first airplane design in 1919, which looked like a scaled-down version of the Curtiss Jenny. He later developed the original Sportster concept. Max Harlow, an aeronautics graduate fresh out of school and hired for the job, redesigned it into the Sportster K.