The Aero-Flight Streak was an American

United States

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 two-seat light aircraft built in 1946

1946 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1946:- Events :* The American Section of the International League of Aviators resurrects the National Trophy, a Harmon Trophy awarded from 1926 to 1938 to the outstanding aviator of the year in each of the 21 member countries of the now-defunct League...

 by Aero-Flight Aircraft Corporation

Aero-Flight

The Aero-Flight Aircraft Corporation was founded by ex-Curtiss employee James Nagamatsu at Buffalo, New York in 1946 to produce a two-seat light aircraft, the Streak. However, due to the post-war saturation of the light aircraft market, the company was unable to generate any interest in the product...

 at Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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. Advanced for its time, it was of all-metal

Aluminium

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 construction with tricycle undercarriage

Undercarriage

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, and accommodated the pilot and passenger in tandem beneath a sliding, bubble canopy

Bubble canopy

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Initially flown powered by a Continental C85, successively more powerful engines were fitted in an attempt to arouse interest in the marketplace. Due to the saturation of the lightplane market in the years immediately following World War II

World War II

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, no production ensued and the project was dead by 1953

1953 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1953:- Events :*The first year in which the world's airlines carried more than 50 million people*Argentina initiates a study of the feasibility of converting either a cargo ship or a heavy cruiser into an aircraft carrier in an Argentine shipyard....

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Variants

• AFA-1 Streak-85 powered by Continental C85-12J
• AFA-2 Streak-125 powered by Continental C125
• AFA-3 Streak-165 powered by Franklin 6A4
• AFA-4? Streak-225 powered by a 225 hp Continental engine?

General characteristics (AFA-1)

• Crew: one, pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 21 ft 2 in (6.5 m)
• Wingspan: 25 ft 3 in (7.7 m)
• Height: m ( ft in)
• Wing area: ft² ( m²)
• Empty weight: lb ( kg)
• Maximum weight: lb ( kg)
• Powerplant: Continental C85-12J, 85 hp (63 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 175 mph (280 km/h)
• Range: 460 miles (1,120 km)
• Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (7,200 m)
• Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)

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External Links

• "Tandem Two Seat STREAK cruises at 150mph" , March 1947, Popular Mechanics article/photo middle of page 151
• "Streak Speeds Up" , December 1947, Popular Science middle of page 96