Curtiss-Reid Rambler

His first design was a light aircraft that was intended to exploit a Canadian government programme to support the development of flying clubs.The Rambler was a largely conventional sesquiplane design with wings braced with Warren trusses and which could be folded backwards for transport or storage.The fuselage was of fabric-covered steel tube construction and the pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits.Although the RCAF employed many other ab-initio aircraft including the ubiquitous de Havilland Moth, senior military staff elected to purchase a small number of the Ramblers.[2] Curtiss-Reid Ramblers enjoyed a relatively productive and lengthy career both in civilian and military use lasting well into the Second World War era.
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