Welch OW-1
{{short description|1920s American utility biplane aircraft}}
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|name=Welch OW-1 |image= }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=Three-seat open biplane |national origin=United States |manufacturer=Orin Welch Aircraft Company |designer=Orin Moore Welch |first flight=1927 |status= |primary user= |number built=5 |developed from= }} |
The Welch OW-1 and the similar OW-2 were American three-seat open biplanes designed by Orin Welch in the late 1920s.
The OW-1 was powered with a {{cvt|90|hp}} Curtiss OX-5 and the OW-2 was powered by a {{cvt|150|hp}} Hispano-Suiza 8A, both of which were water-cooled V-8 aero engines.
Four OW-1s were built (NC817, NC4205, NC5105, NC6838), one of which was converted into the first of two OW-2s. The first OW-2 was later modified into a 5 seater, before being destroyed in a hangar fire in November 1929. The second OW-2 was given the civil registration NC11142.{{Cite web|url=http://www.javalina.com/welch/welch.html#specifications|title=Orin Welch Airplane Company|website=www.javalina.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://all-aero.com/index.php/component/content/article/56-planes-v-w/17312-welch-ow-2|title=all-aero|website=all-aero.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_wa.html|title=American airplanes: Wa - We|website=www.aerofiles.com}}
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = imp
|crew=1 (pilot)
|capacity=2
|length ft=24
|length in=2
|span ft=31
|span in=2
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Curtiss OX-5
|eng1 hp=90
|max speed mph=105
}}