Brunner-Winkle Bird

The Brunner-Winkle Bird was a three-seat taxi and joy-riding aircraft produced in the US from 1928 to 1931.

Design and operation

The Model A version was powered by the ubiquitous Curtiss OX-5, and featured a welded steel-tube truss fuselage with metal and fabric skinning. The wings, constructed of Spruce and plywood were also covered with metal and fabric skinning. The Model A had a reasonable performance for an OX-5 powered aircraft. The Model A's ease of handling led to its entry into the 1929 Guggenheim Safety Airplane contest, where it was awarded the highest ratings for a standard production aircraft.

The Model A was awarded Group 2 approval no 2-33 in January 1929 for the first nine aircraft serial no. 1000 to 1008. Aircraft serial no. 1009 upwards were manufactured under Air Transport Certificate no. 101.

The Model B followed on from the initial Bird design and was fitted with the uncowled Kinner radial engine. Production aircraft were designated BK.

Variants Data from: aerofiles.com

Model Aoriginal production version with Curtiss OX-5 engine (ca. 80 built) Model ATversion with Milwaukee Tank engine (2 converted from Model A) Model Bversion with Kinner K-5 engine (1 prototype) Model BKproduction version of Model B (84 built) Model Cversion with Wright J-5 engine (1 built) Model CCversion with Curtiss R-600 Challenger engine (1 built) Model CJversion with Jacobs LA-1 engine (6 built) Model CKversion with Kinner B-5 engine (50 built) Model RKexport version of Model CK (1 built) Model E4-5 seat version with enclosed cabin and Kinner B-5 engine (1 built) Model Fversion with Packard DR-980 (1 built)

Specifications (Bird Model A)

Brunner-Winkle Bird

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