N37280 - 1941 INTERSTATE S 1A CADET

1941

INTERSTATE

S-1A CADET

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N37280

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Deciding that a primary trainer for the CPTP (Civilian Pilot Training Program) program was the most logical way to go for a small company like Interstate Engrg. Corp. to enter the aviation business. It would also make better use of the available floor space in their plant in El Segundo, Calif., a suburb of L.A. The company engaged a highly respected aeronautical engineer, Ted Woolsey, to do the designing and engineering. After he laid out the basic design it became sort of a school project because most of the work was handled by students from Wiggins Trade School. There was nothing outstanding about the new airplane except that it was designed to be an improvement over other airplanes of its type. The S-1 first flew on April 20, 1940.

207

SMOH

2