Commonwealth Skyranger
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The Commonwealth Skyranger, first produced as the Rearwin Skyranger, was the last design of Rearwin Aircraft before the company was purchased by a new owner and renamed Commonwealth Aircraft. It was a
Commonwealth Skyranger 185
Commonwealth 185, built in 1946, at Boeing Field, Seattle, in May 1989
Porterfield Collegiate
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The Porterfield Collegiate is an American-built two-seat training and touring monoplane built by the Porterfield Aircraft Corporation of Kansas City.
Commonwealth Skyranger
…of U.S. involvement in the war. However, unlike its contemporaries heavily used in the CPTP such as the Piper Cub, Taylorcraft, Interstate Cadet, and Porterfield Collegiate, the Skyranger was rejected by the government for CPTP use as too challenging to fly. By 1942, Rearwin had produced only 82 Skyrangers (compared to…
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Porterfield Zephyr 70 photo from Le Pontentiel Aérien Mondial 1936
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