Brown-Young BY-1

The Brown-Young BY-1, also called the Columbia Sesquiplane and the Model 2, was a prototype sesquiplane from Columbia Aircraft Co.

BY-1
Role	Cabin biplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Columbia Aircraft Co., Tulsa OK
Designer	Richard E. Young, Willis Brown
Introduction	1936
Number built	1

Design and development

Richard E. Young was the inventor of Spiralloy, a directional glass fibre composite material used in high-strength applications. Together with Willis C. Brown he designed and built the BY-1, a four-seat equivalent to the two-seat Luscombe Phantom parasol monoplane.^{[1][citation needed]} After completion, a smaller lower wing was mounted below the fuselage, converting it to a sesquiplane with backward staggered wings. The lower wing also housed the retractable landing gear main wheels.^[2]

The wings were fabric covered, while the fuselage was of all-metal construction and supported the non-retractable tailwheel.^[3] A single Jacobs radial engine in the nose drove a two-bladed propeller.

Operational history

The engine from the BY-1 was later installed in the prototype MB-10 trainer. The BY-1 was scrapped at White Rock Airport in Dallas, Texas for materials during the Second World War.^[2]

Specifications (Brown-Young BY-1)

Data from ^[1](aerofile.com)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 3
• Powerplant: 1 × Jacobs L-4 Radial, 225 hp (168 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Beechcraft Staggerwing
• Luscombe Phantom