Word: aeroncas
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Another to capitalize upon advance fame was the tiny Aeronca sometimes referred to as a powered glider, which, with its 2-cylinder 30 h. p. motor, had flown from Cincinnati to New York at $9.60 fuel cost (TIME, April 21). Other comparatively new features were likewise to be found among small craft: the Sikorsky S-39 four-passenger sport amphibian; the Eastman small flying yacht; the Whittelsey flying boat; three two-place craft. Huntington Governor, the Continental Sport, and the Engineer Aircraft Corp.'s The Engineer, the latter capable of storage with wings folded in a garage...
Engines in the show ranged from the 30 h. p. Aeronca to the 1,800 h. p., 18-cylinder Isotta-Fraschini, largest single-unit aircraft power plant ever built...