Lawson 12-engined 100-passenger airliner

[hesham]

Hi,

http://oldbeacon.com/beacon/lawson/lawson_airliner.htm

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=uRCou5qYZbwC&pg=PA84&dq=lawson+aircraft&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1909&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&num=100&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q=lawson%20aircraft&f=true

 

[Stargazer]

Amazing and sadly overlooked part of American aviation history. Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[royabulgaf]

To anyone familiar with driving on I-94 between Chicago and Milwaukee and wondered what the "University of Lawsonomy" was, this is its origin. Air Classics did an article on him and his built aircraft a couple of years ago.

 

[hesham]

Hi,


here is the Lawson C-1 twin engined transport aircraft project,from ;
Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering.

 

[Stargazer]

Very nice. Some undeniable influence from Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets designs here, I think.

 

[airman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_L-2

 

[hesham]

Very nice. Some undeniable influence from Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets designs here, I think.

Hi Stargazer,


and from this Sikorsky S-28;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14654.msg211131.html#msg211131

 

[Stargazer]

and from this Sikorsky S-28;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14654.msg211131.html#msg211131

Actually not. I thought of that too at some point, and then I realized that both the S-28 and the C-1 were 1919 designs.
Besides the S-28 was already different from the previous Sikorsky designs (new fuselage) whereas the Lawson possessed the typical fuselage configuration of the Russian Sikorskys.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/building-americas-largest-plane/

 

[Johnbr]

Good link.

 

[hesham]

Good link.

My dear John,

also here is a mock-up of the fuselage of this giant airplane.

http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ala%20d'Italia/L'ALA%20D'ITALIA%201928%2001.pdf

 

[Johnbr]

 

[hesham]

Nice find Johnbr.

 

[Johnbr]

Former professional baseball player Alfred W. Lawson loved things BIG. And huge was indeed his 12-engined super airliner project. Around 125 cramped passengers were envisaged; Lawson’s company claimed its high density arrangement would had made it more profitable than railroad trains. This photo is deceitful, the airliner’s high density was not achieved with a two decks cabin, but with laudable single “double tier cabin.” This photo was taken at the Lawson Aircraft Co factory, Garewood, N.J (1927). The aircraft was not completed. Massive and wonderful yet not very advanced. The design was overtaken by its sheer size and engineering problems.

 

[Whiterabbit72]

From brochure seen on eBay.

 

[Adler]

the airliner’s high density was not achieved with a two decks cabin, but with laudable single “double tier cabin.”

Whoever designed this might not have been the greatest aerospace engineer, but any modern airline would probably love the cost-saving ideas he has to offer, us passengers - not so much.

 

[Adler]

Anyhow, here are the technical specifications of the aircraft from an old journal/article:

Wingspan: 61 meters
Fuselage Length: 32 meters

Speed: Unknown
Range: Unlimited (was to be refueled in flight by smaller aircraft)

Capacity: 106
Passengers: 100

Engines: 12
Engines required for flight: 8

MTOW: 45,360 kg

Source: Article from the following ebay listing https://www.ebay.com/itm/126379278674

 

[hesham]

Anyhow, here are the technical specifications of the aircraft from an old journal/article:

Wingspan: 61 meters
Fuselage Length: 32 meters

Speed: Unknown
Range: Unlimited (was to be refueled in flight by smaller aircraft)

Capacity: 106
Passengers: 100

Engines: 12
Engines required for flight: 8

MTOW: 45,360 kg

Source: Article from the following ebay listing https://www.ebay.com/itm/126379278674

Great find Adler.

 

[Cjc]

So what was the range supposed to be for this? Same as the l-4 at 800 miles?

 

[Adler]

So what was the range supposed to be for this? Same as the l-4 at 800 miles?

Brought to you by the brightest aircraft engineers of the Golden Age of Aviation, this aircraft was to have unlimited range. It was planned to be refueled in-flight by small biplane aircraft, and had doors onto the wing for mid-flight engine maintenance. Data for range without in-flight refueling does not exist (at least to our knowledge).

 

[Cjc]

Brought to you by the brightest aircraft engineers of the Golden Age of Aviation, this aircraft was to have unlimited range. It was planned to be refueled in-flight by small biplane aircraft, and had doors onto the wing for mid-flight engine maintenance. Data for range without in-flight refueling does not exist (at least to our knowledge).

Well i thought that wint without saying that was completely insane and wouldn't have worked. sense wikipedia says that this was based on the l-4 I figured its range would have been the same (gust saceld up by 4 times lol)