Sept 15: If you like airplanes:

Fly Days, ,

If you like airplanes:

Aircraft enthusiasts from around the world flew into the Southwest Michigan Regional Airport this week. Ross Warner, Meyers Aircraft Owners Association president and The Meyers Aircraft Owners Association held its annual fly in today through Sunday, with the most activity Saturday afternoon.

The Meyers Aircraft Co. was a U.S. aircraft maker established by Al Meyers in Tecumseh, Mich., in 1936. Originally, the company produced a biplane trainer, the Meyers OTW, but after World War II developed a range of light utility aircraft, culminating in the Meyers 200. In 1965, the company and the rights to two of its aircraft, the 145 and 200, were purchased by Rockwell-Standard.

The OTW (Out To Win) was a conventional biplane with tandem seating for two in open cockpits and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The aircraft was produced in two main variants; the OTW-145 powered by a 145 HP Warner Super Scarab, and the OTW-160 powered by a 160 HP Kinner R-5 engine.

Typical characteristics: Maximum speed: 120 mph, Cruise speed: 105 mph and Landing speed: 40 mph.

As a trainer in the Civilian Pilot Training Program during World War Two, it earned itself a reputation for reliability and safety that was second to none— reportedly a cadet was never killed while learning to fly in the old OTW.   http://www.  airbum . com / pireps/ Pirep OTW.html

Here are just a few pictures from the fly in.

1941 Meyers – OTW-160 from Indiana

OTW’s in formation flight
1942 Meyers – OTW-145 – from South Carolina
1942 Meyers – OTW-145 – from South Carolina
1941 Meyers – OTW – from MI
1941 Meyers – OTW – from MI
1941 Meyers OTW From New Mexico
1941 Meyers OTW From New Mexico
Meyers Model 200A, Manufactured: 1959 – fixed wing single engine from Minnesota

This  is called  a  taildragger (ie: has a tail wheel) and is special. Its a Meyers – Model MAC-145 from MI

The Meyers 200 was a single-engine light aircraft produced in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
Simple instrumentation – fly by the seat of your pants.

7 cylinder rotary power plant / engine – The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders “radiate” outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.

 

5 cylinder radial engine –