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The Engineering Division TW-1 was an American two-seat training
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
designed by the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
Engineering Division
The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of f ...
, only two were built and the type did not enter production.
Design and development
Two prototypes of the TW-1 were built powered by a
Liberty 6.
The second aircraft was tested at
McCook Field
McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was operated by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and its successor the United States Army Air Service from 1917 to 1927. It was named f ...
, (given the McCook designation P-200) and subsequently modified with a
Packard 1A-1237 engine but no others were built.
Specifications
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TW-01
1920s United States military trainer aircraft
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Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1920
Single-engined piston aircraft
Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear