Taylorcraft A

The Taylorcraft A, also called the Model A, was the first aeroplane that C. G. Taylor built under his own Taylorcraft name, appearing in 1936 after he left the Cub business. It was meant to improve on the Cub, and its main advances were side-by-side seating, dual controls and rugged construction, giving good performance from a small engine. It did well in competition, taking first and second places in the Lightplane Derby at the 1937 National Air Races. Production was centred on Alliance, Ohio, where the city had lent Taylor the former Hess-Argo factory, and the museum source counts more than 1,837 Model As built, although owner-community tables give a lower figure. The Museum of Flight holds a 1937 example with a Continental A-40-4 engine.