Howard DGA-4

Howard DGA-4 and DGA-5
DGA-4 (NR55Y) "Mike"
Role Racing aircraft
National origin United States of America
Designer Ben Howard
First flight 1932
Number built 2

The Howard DGA-4 a.k.a. Mike, and DGA-5 a.k.a. Ike and "Miss Chevrolet" was the next in a series of racers from Ben Howard. He built two examples, "Mike" and "Ike", each with a different landing gear design.[1]

Design and development

Howard DGA-5 "Ike"/"Miss Chevrolet" NR56Y

In 1932 work started on a larger follow-on racer to Howard's "Pete" racer. Both aircraft were built to ATC design requirements for ATC racing that never came about.

The DGA-4 was a low-wing, wire braced monoplane. Ventilation came from 30 holes drilled into the windscreen.

Operational history

"Ike" and "Mike" are currently undergoing restoration in Hinckley, Ohio by P & K Airmotive, INC> .[4]

Variants

Aircraft on display

The Port Townsend Aero Museum in Port Townsend, Washington has a replica of "Mike" on display [5]

Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight museum has a replica of "Ike" on display [6]

Specifications (Howard DGA-4)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. Herm L. Schreiner. Aviation's great recruiter: Cleveland's Ed Packard.
  2. Thomas G. Matowitz, Jr. Cleveland's Legacy of Flight.
  3. Sport Aviation. April 1959. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Thomas G. Matowitz, Jr. Cleveland's Legacy of Flight.
  5. "Howard DGA-4 Replica". Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  6. Weeks, Kermit. "Golden Age Aircraft: DGA-5 Ike". Fantasy of Flight. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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