Lawson L-2

Short description: 1920s American biplane airliner

L-2

Lawson C.2 or T-2
Role  | Biplane airliner
Manufacturer  | Lawson Air Line Company
Designer  | Alfred Lawson,[1] Vincent Burnelli[2]
First flight  | 1920
Primary user  | Lawson Air Line Company
Number built | 1

The Lawson L-2 was a 1920s United States biplane airliner, designed and built by the Lawson Air Line Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Operators
* 3 Specifications (L-2)
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Design and development

Lawson Aerial Transport C.1 or L-1

The Lawson Air Line Company designed and built a series of large biplane airliners for use on its planned airline routes. The initial Lawson "Aerial Transport" Lawson C1 or T-1 was built early in 1919 to demonstrate that a large commercial passenger plane could be built. The L-1 was a single pilot, 10 passenger biplane with twin Liberty 400 hp pusher engines. It was followed by the Lawson C.2 or L-2. The L-2 was a tractor biplane also with 400 hp engines, capable of carrying 26 passengers, and piloted by two pilots, with differential controls.[3]

Mr. Lawson took it on a 2000-mile multi-city tour to advocate commercial air travel.[4]

Some sources state Mr. Lawson himself as the sole designer; others mention involvement of Vincent Burnelli.[5]

## Operators

United States

* Lawson Airline Company

## Specifications (L-2)

General characteristics

* Capacity: 10
* Wingspan: 91 ft 0 in (27.74 m)
* Gross weight: 13,000 lb (5,897 kg)
* Powerplant: 2 × Liberty L-12 piston engine , 400 hp (298 kW) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 100 mph (161 km/h, 87 kn)

## See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

* L-4

## References

1. ↑ "Welcome to EAA Chapter 838". http://dev.eaa838.org/museum.asp.
2. ↑ "Vincent J. Burnelli Dead at 69; an Early Designer of Airplanes". The New York Times. 23 June 1964. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/23/archives/vincent-j-burnelli-dead-at-69-an-early-designer-of-airplanes.html.
3. ↑ Air Progress: 16. November 1978.
4. ↑ The Royal Aero Club of the UK (Sep 11, 1919). "The Lawson Aerial Transport". Flight- the Aircraft Engineer & Airship Weekly. 37 XI (559): 1220–1222.
5. ↑ "Vincent J. Burnelli Dead at 69; an Early Designer of Airplanes". The New York Times. 23 June 1964. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/23/archives/vincent-j-burnelli-dead-at-69-an-early-designer-of-airplanes.html.

* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.

## External links

* "The "Lawson" Aerial Transport" (PDF). Flight XI (37): 1220–1222. September 11, 1919. No. 559. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919 - 1218.html. Retrieved January 12, 2011. Contemporary technical description of the Lawson C-1 and C-2 (early versions of the L-2) with scale drawings of the C-1 and photographs of the C-2.

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