Pete Ettinger Fleet Model 2
MODEL BY:
Pete Ettinger
Model Scale:
1/32
MODEL ADDED:
11/09/92
historical significance
First Albuquerque Visit: 1965
Additional Information:
Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft in Fort Erie, Ontario. Consolidated bought back Fleet Aircraft as a separate division in 1929 and formed Fleet Aircraft of Canada in 1930. The Fleet name was dropped for the Consolidated business name in 1939. Fleet Aircraft of Canada produced the Fleet Finch for the RCAF, and later the Fleet Canuck. Fleet developed a prototype light helicopter, which flew successfully but was not put into production. Fleet ended aircraft manufacturing operations in 1957. The company was renamed Fleet Aerospace, and operated as a division of Magellan Aerospace.
The Fleet Model 1 and its derivatives were a family of two-seat trainer and sports biplanes produced in the United States and Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. They all shared the same basic design and varied mainly in their powerplants. The Fleet Model 2 initial production version was with the Kinner K-5 engine and 203 were built in the US for the civilian market.
Carl Ettinger and son Pete purchased this restored Fleet Model 2, NC-440K aircraft in Albuquerque on May 5, 1955. A photo of a similar Fleet Model 2 is below.
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