Buhl CA-1 Airster

CA-1 Airster
General information
Type	Sportsplane
Manufacturer	Buhl Aircraft Company
Designer	Etienne Dormoy
Number built	2
History
First flight	1930

The Buhl CA-1 Airster was a sports airplane developed in the United States in 1930. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and an open cockpit for the pilot.

History

In 1930 the Buhl Aircraft Company built two light multipurpose Airster aircraft, which were free-floating low-flying airplanes. They differed in power plant and cockpit, with the single-seat CA-1 using a 300 hp Wright J-6 engine, and the two-seat CA-1WA using a 420 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine.^[1] The two-seat variant was developed with a second open cockpit in tandem with the pilot's and with a Townend ring and wheel spats, but this didn't sell either.^[2][3]

The first aircraft was intended for high-speed mail delivery, the second for sporting events and air-racing. Neither of them could find their customers, and they were not put into mass production. The CA-1WA was slightly more fortunate - a single aircraft was bought by a private individual and used until the mid thirties.^[4][5]

Versions

Data from http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/bihlca1.html
https://www.aviationfanatic.com/ent_show.php?ent=4&AT_ID=__BUCA1

General characteristics

• Crew: 2

Performance

See also

• Buhl Airsedan
• Buhl-Verville CA-3 Airster

References

1. "Buhl". www.aerofiles.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
2. "Buhl CA-1 Airster". www.airwar.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
3. "Displaying Aircraft Type - Aviation Fanatic". www.aviationfanatic.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
4. "The BUHL CA-1WA NC8458 Page of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Website". dmairfield.org. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
5. Taylor, Michael John Haddrick (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Grolier Educational Corporation. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-7106-0710-2.