Texas-Temple Sportsman

The sole surviving Sportsman monoplane on display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas, Texas

General information
Type| sporting monoplane
National origin| United States
Manufacturer| Texas Aero Corporation
Designer|

George W Williams and George Carroll

Management and usage| private pilot owners

Number built| 3
History
Manufactured| 1928
First flight| 1928

The Texas-Temple Sportsman  is an American-built light single-seat high-wing sporting monoplane of the late 1920s.

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Operational history
* 3 Surviving aircraft
* 4 Specifications
* 5 References
* 5.1 Notes
* 5.2 Bibliography

## Design and development

The Texas Aero Corporation of Temple, Texas was formed about 1927 to construct passenger and mail light aircraft. The companies origin can be traced back to George W Williams Texas Aero Manufacturing Company of 1911. It built a series of aircraft designs including the Texas-Temple Sportsman.[1]

The Sportsman was a parasol winged monoplane, equipped with two seats arranged in tandem. The cockpit had an open layout. A fixed tail-wheel undercarriage was fitted. The tailplane was set low on the fin. A 100 h.p. Cirrus III was initially fitted.[1]

## Operational history

Three examples of the Sportsman were completed: NC480 manufacturers number 1; NC852H and N987N manufacturers number 107. There was no N987N registered in FAA records at the time, so it is likely to be from a later registration. There was an NC987H, but that was the registration for a different make of aircraft, a Smith S-1 with a Velie engine.[1][2] The Sportsman was suitable for operation by individual sporting pilots. Williams was killed during 1930 in the crash while flying with a trainee pilot. The company folded after the accident.[1]

## Surviving aircraft

The Texas-Temple Sportsman on display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum

The third Sportsman survived the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1990 by J.D. Ferrel with a radial engine of unknown manufacture. It is still extant, but without a valid permit to fly.[3] N987N is publicly displayed (2007) in the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas (Love Field) airport.[4]

## Specifications

Not available. The aircraft was originally fitted with a 100 h.p. ADC Cirrus III engine.[1] General characteristics Performance

## References

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "American airplanes - Wh - Wy". www.aerofiles.com. 1 May 2009. http://aerofiles.com/_wh.html. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
2. ↑ "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120629071349/http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_N26.htm. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
3. ↑ "FAA Registry - N987N". 4 December 2010. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=987N. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
4. ↑ Ogden, P. 499

### Bibliography

* Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85130-385-7.

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