Meyers OTW
The Meyers OTW was a 1930s United States training biplane designed by Allen Meyers and built by his Meyers Aircraft Company from 1936 to 1944.
Development
In anticipation for a demand for training aircraft caused by the introduction of a civilian war training scheme, Allen Meyers designed the OTW and formed the Meyers Aircraft Company to build it. The OTW was a conventional biplane with tandem seating for two in open cockpits and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The prototype was powered by a 125 hp Warner Scarab engine and it first flew on 10 May 1936. 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.Variants
;OTW-125;OTW-145
;OTW-160
;OTW-KR
Surviving aircraft
- 1 – On static display at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas. It was acquired by the museum in late 1986.
- 2 – Airworthy with Russell W. Kilmer of Yuba City, California.
- 45 – Airworthy with James Kieran Padden in Longhirst, Northumberland.
- 53 – Airworthy at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas.
- 57 – Airworthy with Theodore K. Heckman in Allegan, Michigan.
- 61 -- Airworthy at the National Warplane Museum Geneseo, New York
- 70 – Airworthy with Jack Belletete in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
- 75 – Airworthy with Cecil D. Bradford of Huntersville, North Carolina.
- 102 – On static display at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was the last OTW built and was assembled from parts to be the personal aircraft of Allen Meyers.