The Kinner R Playboy was a 1930s

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two-seat sporting monoplane built by

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Design and development

The Playboy was a two-seat (side-by-side) sporting monoplane designed by Max B. Harlow and built by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in 1933. Originally built with an enclosed cockpit the sole R was modified to have an open cockpit as the Kinner R-1 Playboy. Production aircraft were designated Kinner R-5 Playboy. one of the 12 built being supplied to the China Aviation Assn (Shanghai), fitted with a Kinner C-5 engine. The Center for Freedom and Flight in Vacaville, California has one of the two remaining aircraft on display.

Variants

Data from: ;Kinner R Playboy :The original closed cockpit version of the Playboy. ;Kinner R-1 Playboy :The R modified to have an open cockpit. ;Kinner R-5 Playboy :The production version with enclosed cockpit, 12 aircraft were built.

Specifications (R-5)

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* {{Kinner aircraft and engines 1930s United States sport aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1933