Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097

Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097. This single-seat biplane, powered by a 40hp Ace engine; was designed by Alexander Klemin (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, NYU) and N W Dalton. The Prototype had a Ford T motor. One of the first aircraft to be built on an assembly line, primitive as it was. Four self-aligning I-struts, all-wood frame, manufactured at the ACE Flying Field in New York City's Central Park.at a price of $2, 500, eight were built, one of which made quite a splash in the national press when it landed on Clay St in Oakland CA as a publicity stunt, on 22 January 1920 flown by a C.V.Pickup. The 1920 version was modified with beefed-up struts, redesigned fuselage with enclosed motor and folding wings. Also produced in 1931 with a Salmson AD-9 and LeBlond 5D, registered as Ace 300 and 200 respectively. One located and restored in California 1955

40hp Dalton Enclosed Flown Folding Fuselage Landed Manufactured Modified Oakland Quite Redesigned Registered Respectively Salmson Single-seat Splash Struts

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