Timm Collegiate

Otto Timm founded the O.W. Timm Aircraft Corp in 1922 with its base at Glendale, California. The firm changed its name to the Timm Airplane Co in 1928. During 1928 Timm designed the Collegiate series of parasol-winged two-seat light aircraft fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. The six examples built between 1928 and 1930 were powered by a variety of engines of between {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|185|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} During their lives, several were re-fitted with different powerplants.[http://aerofiles.com/_timm.html "Timm aircraft."] Aerofiles. Retrieved: March 29, 2012.

During their operational lives, several of the six Collegiates were fitted with replacement powerplants, giving rise to new designation numbers. The aircraft served with private pilot owners both pre and post World War II. In 1930, the first Collegiate M-150 NC279V City of Los Angeles set an endurance record of 378 hours in flying the equivalent of 27,677 miles over Rosamond Dry Lake, California.

The FAA civil aircraft register recorded two surviving airworthy examples as at August 2009. One was operated by a private owner in California. The other NC337 was owned by Albert I. Stix and is on public display in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum (HARM) at Dauster Field, Creve Coeur, near St Louis Missouri.Ogden 2007, p. 331. Two other examples are in long term storage in a private collection in Springfield, Oregon.Ogden2007, p. 442.

(Source : Aerofiles and FAA Registry)

; K-90: c/n 102 {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Anzani 10: NC887E stored in Oregon in 2009{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; K-100: c/n 101 {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Kinner K-5 NC337, later re-engined to a model C-165 with a {{convert|165|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Comet 7-E. On display at HARM in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; TW-120: c/n 106 {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} to {{convert|130|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Western L-7. NC945Y. No longer extant.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; M-150: c/n 105 {{convert|150|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} McClatchie Panther. NC279V privately owned in California in 2009. Two further examples later converted to this standard.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; TC-165: c/n 101 C-165 re-engined with{{convert|165|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental A-70. NC337. On display at HARM in 2017.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; TC-165: c/n 104 {{convert|165|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental A-70. NX16E. No longer extant.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; C-165: c/n 101 K-100 re-engined with {{convert|165|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Comet 7-E. Later re-engined with 150 h.p McClatchie Panther.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; C-165: c/n 102 K-90 re-engined with {{convert|165|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Comet 7-E.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; C-170: c/n 103 {{convert|170|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Curtiss Challenger, later re-fitted with {{convert|185|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Curtiss Challenger. NC888E stored in Oregon in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

; C-185: c/n 103 {{convert|185|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Curtiss Challenger, NC888E modified from C-170.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

{{Aircraft specs

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|prime units? = imp

|crew=1

|capacity=1 passenger

|length m=7.49

|length ft=24

|length in=7

|span m=10.67

|span ft=35

|span in=0

|lift kg=292

|lift lb=643

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Kinner K-5 5-cylinder radial

|eng1 kw=75

|eng1 hp=100

|max speed kmh=174

|max speed mph=108

|cruise speed kmh=148

|cruise speed mph=92

|stall speed kmh=56

|stall speed mph=35

|range km=965

|range miles=600

}}

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;Bibliography

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• Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 2007. {{ISBN|0-85130-385-4}}.

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• [http://aerofiles.com/_timm.html Data and photographs of the Timm Collegiate series]

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