Catron-Fisk CF-12 Aircraft ?

[hesham]

Hi,

from Aerofiles site,Mr. J. W. Catron and Mr. Edwin Fisk formed this company in 1919,which later reorganized
as International Aircraft Corp. in 1925,they designed and built CF-10,CF-11,CF-13 & CF-14 before change
their title,there was also CF-12,does anyone hear about it ?.

American airplanes: Ca - Ci

Civil Aircraft Register - United States

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February 2014 Mystery Plane: Catron and Fisk C.F. 10 | EAA Vintage Aircraft Association

 

[hesham]

Also a Strange thing,

the CF-15 ?.

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[Boxman]

Hi,

from Aerofiles site,Mr. J. W. Catron and Mr. Edwin Fisk formed this company in 1919,which later reorganized
as International Aircraft Corp. in 1925,they designed and built CF-10,CF-11,CF-13 & CF-14 before change
their title,there was also CF-12,does anyone hear about it ?.

American airplanes: Ca - Ci

Civil Aircraft Register - United States

www.airhistory.org.uk

February 2014 Mystery Plane: Catron and Fisk C.F. 10 | EAA Vintage Aircraft Association

I can't prove it, but I have had a suspicion that the CF-12 was Frank Clarke's "Jail Bait," which is described on Aerofiles as a "cleaned-up" Catron & FIsk CF-11 ("The second, dubbed Jail Bait by movie pilot Frank Clarke, cleaned up a bit in design and with 90hp OX-5, was destroyed when its wings sheared off during aerobatics.") However, when compared to a photo of a CF-11 posted at Aerofiles:

"Jail Bait" would seem to be a wholly different beast than a refined CF-11 (these attached photos are from the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) Flickr Commons Frank Clarke Album).
Here is a photo of Clarke besides "Jail Bait" (note the "Jail Bait" titles below the cockpit on the fuselage).

Among the SDASM photos is this one with the hand-written notation, "Fastest Plane - 158 Miles Per hour - November 1919," identifying Jim Hester, Frank Clarke, and what appears to be Orval (Otto?) “Swede” Meyerhoffer Frank Tomick (as per a clipping from Page 77 of the October 9, 1921 edition of The Pittsburgh Press newspaper), at arms length illustrating the wingspan of "Jail Bait."

Of course - my suspicion that "Jail Bait" is the CF-12 could be totally wrong.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Boxman,

and what about CF-15 ?.

 

[Boxman]

Thank you my dear Boxman,

and what about CF-15 ?.

I wish I had a clue on that one.

 

[MrWidgeon]

I have this airplane down as a C & F, but can't find a thing about it.

hosting.photobucket.com/images/l19/Mr_Widgeon/!_Catron_and_FiskTrimotor_1004x380.jpg

 

[Stargazer]

FWIW, here's my section on Fisk/Catron-Fisk/International from my never-published website:

 

[hesham]

Hi,

there was also CF-II of 1924 ?.

 

[dan_inbox]

From the Digital Public Library of America: CF-11 Biplane tail number 2675

 

[Pete F]

FWIW, here's my section on Fisk/Catron-Fisk/International from my never-published website:

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I don't suppose you've got a higher res version of that photo of the Catron-Fisk Sport Triplane, have you? I've not seen that particular picture anywhere else.

 

[Stargazer]

I don't suppose you've got a higher res version of that photo of the Catron-Fisk Sport Triplane, have you? I've not seen that particular picture anywhere else.

Here is the photo as cleaned by me for inclusion in the site (what you saw in the screen capture were clickable thumbs). I'm attaching all the other photos of the Sport Triplane that I'm aware of. This triplane was specially built to take part in the Curtiss Cup Race, but it also participated eventually in other races. Initially equipped with the classic Curtiss OX-5 engine, it was then repowered with the more exotic Hall-Scott L-6 / Liberty 6.