This week in aviation history: Gwinn car crashes

This week in aviation history: Gwinn car crashes

This week in 1938, famous pilot Frank Hawks & his mechanic are killed in crash of Gwinn Aircar. This unusual privat aircraft was designed to carry two people and was billed as a plane that was as safe and simple to operate as a car. Some of its features included a basic early tricyle undercarriage. After the 1938 crash, development was abandoned.

 

Updated: August 24, 2011 — 12:11 PM

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