Biplane ACE K-1

Single-seat biplane of sport to unequal wings, ACE K-1 Biplane was drawn by Alexander Klemin and N.W.Dalton, obviously inspired by the German hunters of the First World War. Entirely built of wood, the prototype was constructed with ACE Flying Field , in edge of Central Park, with an engine of Ford T, quickly replaced by an engine ACE. 8 specimens were sold by Aircraft Engineering Corp with the initial price of 2500 U$; The apparatuses produced into 1920 underwent some modifications compared to the prototype: Soles of chechmates wing gap widened, fuselage modified with a completely ducted engine, folding aerofoil of reduced scale. Modifications justifying seems T a raising of prices of 500 U$. A ACE K-1 Biplane was particularly pointed out in the press of the time, C.V. Pickup being posed on Clay Street, in full center of Oakland, California, on January 22nd, 1920, for advertizing reasons.

In 1954/55 L.T. Lowery restored a ACE K-1 Biplane with San Francisco. Registered, it flies regularly in the Californian sky since July 1955.

Characteristic of the model 1920:

Scale: 7,62 m
Length: 5,49 m
driving 1 ACE 40 ch
Maximum speed: 128 km/h
Speed of landing: 51 km/h
Passable distance: 260 km

Keane Ace

Although the rights of production and the tools relating to the ACE K-1 Biplane were repurchased in 1921 by Horace Keane, no apparatus of this type seems to be left the factory Keane Airplanes of North Beach, with Long Island.

Ace 200

Single specimen c/n2 builds in California in 1931 with an engine LeBlond 5D.

Ace 300

Single specimen c/n 1 built in California in 1931 with an engine Salmson AD-9

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