Verville Air Coach

The Verville Air Coach was a four-passenger, high-wing monoplane designed in 1927 by Alfred V. Verville and produced by his company, Verville Aircraft Company. It was a comfortable, good-looking cabin monoplane which sold for $10,500. The plane made its debut at the Detroit Air Show in 1929.Joseph P Juptner's US Civil Aircraft, Volumes 3 & 4 (Page 60). &

Sources disagree on the number manufactured, but only 10 to 16 were built before Verville declared bankruptcy in 1931 during the Great Depression.

Details

Powered originally by a , 7-cylinder Warner Scarab, it then sported a 5-cylinder Wright J-6 of . Ultimately, the Air Coach was powered by the 7-cylinder Wright -6 of as the Model 104-C, with Aircraft Type Certificate #267. At least six of this model were produced through 1931. It had a wing span of with a Clark Y airfoil and had a length of and a useful load of , with a gross weight of . It had a maximum speed of , a cruising speed of , and a landing speed of . It could be outfitted as a floatplane with Edo floats.

The fuselage and tail section were of steel-tube construction with a clever arrangement that eliminated awkward framing around the windows of the passenger compartment. The sponsons served as attachment points for both the landing gear and the forward wing struts, and also were storage for a toolkit, battery, and other miscellany. The wings were wood with aluminum ailerons and leading edge sheeting. The cabin was upholstered in mohair fabric in a style that rivaled the finest automobiles. Navigation lights, cabin and instrument lights, a metal propeller, and a choice of electric inertia starter or Heywood compressed air starter were all standard equipment.

The most interesting model of the Air Coach, produced later, was the Model 104-P, which was powered by a 9-cylinder Packard DR-980 diesel engine. Some evidence exists that a 104-P was sold in Italy.

Variations

Model 102 (104-W, Warner Engine) Wing span: Length: Empty weight: Normal gross weight (loaded): Maximum speed: Fuel capacity: Cruising range: Cost: $7,500 Model 104-C (1928) 1928 Aircraft Type Certificate (267, 2-306) 4-passenger, high-wing cabin monoplane with Warner Scarab engine Wing span: Length: Useful load: Maximum speed: Landing speed: Range: with Wright J-6 engine Wing span: Length: Useful load Maximum speed: Crusing speed: Landing speed: Range: Semi-cantilever wing Cost: $12,000 2 built Model 104-P (Packard Diesel Coach) (1930) Aircraft Type Certificate 316 4-passenger, high-wing cabin monoplane 9-cylinder Packard DR-980 diesel engine Length: Useful load: Maximum speed: Cruising speed; Landing speed|: Range: Cost: $11,000-12,000 1 built, modified from 104-C [NC70W]

Verville Air Coach

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