:Hise Model A
{{Short description|1929 trimotor aircraft, only one built}}
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The Hise Model A was a trimotor aircraft built by the Hise Aircraft Corporation, founded by Detroit, Michigan industrialist Fred Hise.{{cite journal|journal=Aeroplane|date=April 2006}} The Vice President of the company, E.L. Inlow, announced that a manufacturing facility was planned for Pontiac, Michigan within a few months of August, 1929.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97603670|via=Newspapers.com | date=25 August 1929 | access-date= 31 October 2019 | page = 64 | title = Hise Aircraft May Locate at Pontiac | newspaper = Detroit Free Press }} The prototype was shown at the 1929 National Aeronautic Exposition, held at Cleveland from August 24 to September 2, 1929.{{Harvnb|Neville|1929|pp=502, 507}} On March 17, 1930, the company entered into a contract with the Dixie and Northern Air Line for the purchase of 5 aircraft, with the first of the planes to be delivered on or before August 5, 1930.{{cite book | title = Orders and Opinions of the Michigan Public Service Commission | date = 1930 | pages = 430–431}} The airline was organized to provide passenger service between Detroit and Miami, at the time one of the longest routes in the United States.{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/205213271 | via = Newspapers.com | title = Revoke Approval of Airline Stock | newspaper = Lansing State Journal | date = 24 October 1930 | access-date = 31 October 2019}} However, the planned $100,000 ({{inflation|US|100000|1930|fmt=eq|r=-4}}) sale was never completed after the airline's authorization to issue stock was revoked by the Michigan Public Utilities Commission when it objected to the airline's plans to spend all of the stock sale proceeds on the new aircraft, leaving nothing for operations.{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/206009256 | via = Newspapers.com | date = 2 May 1930 | access-date = 31 October 2019 | title = Explanation is Wanted | newspaper = Battle Creek Enquirer | location = Battle Creek, Michigan | page = 24}}
Design and development
The single prototype was tested at the Detroit City Airport.
The Hise Trimotor was a high-wing monoplane with conventional landing gear. It was powered by three {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Kinner radial engines. The executive interior featured red leather seats and silver-plated ashtrays.{{cite journal|journal=Skyways|date=October 2001}}
Specifications (Hise Model A)
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==References==
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{{cite book
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H35YzdyTpDcC&q=Hise+%22Model+A%22&pg=PA66
| title = Michigan Aircraft Manufacturers
| author = Robert F. Pauley
| publisher = Arcadia Publishing
| year = 2009
| page = 66
| isbn = 9780738552187
| quote = Fred Hise, a Detroit industrialist, saw a market for a small, high-quality tri-motor for business use.
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- {{cite magazine |last=Neville |first=Leslie E. |title=Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Exposition |magazine=Aviation |date=September 7, 1929 |volume=27 |issue=10 |pages=502–510 |url=https://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19290907/#!&pid=502 |url-access=registration |access-date=October 31, 2019 }}