Cox-Klemin XA-1

The Cox-Klemin XA-1 was a 1920s American air ambulance biplane designed and built by the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Service, only two prototypes were built.

Design and development

The XA-1 was designed as an ambulance aircraft to replace modified de Havilland DH.4 aircraft with the United States Army Air Service. The XA-1 was a biplane powered by a Liberty 12A engine with a fixed conventional landing gear, it had a crew of two and room for two stretchers. Two prototype aircraft designated XA-1 were flown but no further aircraft were built.
The aircraft gained fame for flying injured individuals to hospitals in the aftermath of the 1927 Rocksprings tornado. It was retired in 1932.