Waco A series
The Waco A series is a range of light American-built twin side-by-side seater sporting biplanes of the early 1930s.
Development
The Waco A series was introduced in 1932 as an affordable private-owner aircraft with cross-country range and baggage capacity and a more sporting image than the larger Waco F series. The A series offered a number of engine options which had varying sub-designations. The power range lay between the KBA with a Kinner engine and the later UBA with a Continental powerplant.The PLA "Sportsman" of 1933 introduced a longer wider fuselage and a higher useful load and had a Jacobs [Aircraft Engine Company|Jacobs] LA-1 radial engine. The last model in the series was the ULA, also of 1933, with a powerplant.
Operational history
The A series was bought mainly by private pilot owners with a sporting inclination. Relatively few were produced and the type survives in small numbers in 2009. A PBA is on display in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field near St Louis, Missouri.Variants
Data from AerofilesBA series
;BBA: Wright J-5 - none produced;KBA: Kinner K-5 - one built
;IBA: Kinner B-5 - three built including one conversion
;PBA: Jacobs LA-1 - six built
;RBA: later Warner Scarab - 4 built
;TBA: Kinner R-5 - none built
;UBA: Continental R-670 - at least 6 built
CA series
;KCA: Kinner K-5 - possibly none built;PCA: Jacobs LA-1 - possibly none built
;RCA: Warner Scarab - possibly none built
;TCA: Kinner R-5 - none built
;UCA: Continental R-670 - none built
LA series
;PLA Sportsman:;ULA Sportsman