TURNER T-40A

Plane & Pilot

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Omar Filipović

Key Takeaways:

The T-40A is a two-place evolution of the successful T-40, developed to allow passengers to ride along.
It was created by dividing the T-40 fuselage down the middle and expanding the cabin width from 24 to 40 inches.
Despite its nearly doubled cabin width and increased airframe weight, the T-40A still achieves a top speed of 163 mph with an 85-hp engine and, like the T-40, features folding wings.

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The T-40 was so successful that it collected 18 awards and convinced Turner that the only thing wrong with it was that nobody could ride along to enjoy the reading on the airspeed indicator; thus, he created the T-40A. It is a two-place version of the predecessor. Turner simply divided the entire fuselage of the T-40 down the middle and increased the cabin width from 24 to 40 inches. Flight tests showed that the 85-hp engine would still deliver 163 mph top speed with a fuselage nearly twice as wide as before and with considerably more airframe weight. Both Turners feature folding wings.