<!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> thumb | right | Logo of the Bellanca Aircraft, Inc. {{Infobox aircraft | name = Bellanca CD | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Biplane trainer | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States of America | manufacturer = Maryland Pressed Steel Company | design_group = | designer = Giuseppe Mario Bellanca | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 6 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1917 | retired = | first_flight = September 1917 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}
The '''Bellanca CD''' was the first aircraft designed for the Maryland Pressed Steel Company, by the aircraft designer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca. The aircraft was also called the Bellanca C.D. or the "CD Tractor Biplane".
==Development== In 1916, the Maryland Pressed Steel Company hired Giuseppe Mario Bellanca to develop a two-seat biplane with intention to sell examples to the government during the war effort.
The two seat plane was built at the Pope Avenue factory in Hagerstown, Maryland, and test flown at Doub's Meadow field. On what is now South Hagerstown High School.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hagerstown Airport|url=http://www.flyhagerstown.com/.../AAHS_V48N3_2003_Hagerstown_Airport.pdf}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Bellanca had previously designed his own parasol aircraft in Sicily, bring the examples to New York to test fly. The Bellanca Aeroplane Company and Flying School was formed in 1911 at Mineola Long Island New York, where Bellanca taught the Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia.
==Design== The Bellanca CD was a two-seat biplane using wing warping for roll control.
==Operational history== Although 6 examples were built, the aircraft did not go into full production after the end of World War I brought a halt to new contracts. One employee, Lewis E. Reisner, went on to form Reisner Aero Service Company in Hagerstown, which eventually became the Kreider Reisner Aircraft Company.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fairchild Aircraft|author=Frank Woodring, Suanne Woodring}}</ref>
==Variants== The follow on aircraft, was the Bellanca CE, with a 55 hp engine. <!-- ==Units using this aircraft/Operators (choose)== -->
==Specifications Bellanca CD == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Air and Space Museum<!-- for giving the reference for the data --> |prime units?=kts<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=
|crew= |capacity=2 |length m= |length ft=26 |length in= |length note= |span m= |span ft= |span in= |span note= |upper span m= |upper span ft= |upper span in= |upper span note= |mid span m= |mid span ft= |mid span in= |mid span note= |lower span m= |lower span ft= |lower span in= |lower span note= |swept m=<!-- swing-wings --> |swept ft=<!-- swing-wings --> |swept in=<!-- swing-wings --> |swept note= |dia m=<!-- airships etc --> |dia ft=<!-- airships etc --> |dia in=<!-- airships etc --> |dia note= |width m=<!-- if applicable --> |width ft=<!-- if applicable --> |width in=<!-- if applicable --> |width note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |swept area sqm=<!-- swing-wings --> |swept area sqft=<!-- swing-wings --> |swept area note= |volume m3=<!-- lighter-than-air --> |volume ft3=<!-- lighter-than-air --> |volume note= |aspect ratio=<!-- give where relevant eg sailplanes --> |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=400 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=775 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |lift kg=<!-- lighter-than-air --> |lift lb=<!-- lighter-than-air --> |lift note= |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Anzani |eng1 type=3-cylinder radial |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=35<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng1 lbf=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng1 note= |power original= |thrust original= |eng1 kn-ab=<!-- afterburners --> |eng1 lbf-ab=<!-- afterburners -->
|eng2 number= |eng2 name= |eng2 type= |eng2 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng2 hp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng2 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng2 lbf=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng2 note= |eng2 kn-ab=<!-- afterburners --> |eng2 lbf-ab=<!-- afterburners -->
|eng3 number= |eng3 name= |eng3 type= |eng3 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng3 hp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng3 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng3 lbf=<!-- jet/rocket engines --> |eng3 note= |eng3 kn-ab=<!-- afterburners --> |eng3 lbf-ab=<!-- afterburners --> |more power=
|prop blade number=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop name= |prop dia m=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop dia ft=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop dia in=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop note=
|rot number=<!-- helicopters --> |rot dia m=<!-- helicopters --> |rot dia ft=<!-- helicopters --> |rot dia in=<!-- helicopters --> |rot area sqm=<!-- helicopters --> |rot area sqft=<!-- helicopters --> |rot area note= <!-- Performance --> |perfhide=
|max speed kmh= |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |max speed mach=<!-- supersonic aircraft --> |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=85 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=<!-- aerobatic --> |stall speed mph=<!-- aerobatic --> |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kmh= |minimum control speed mph= |minimum control speed kts= |minimum control speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |combat range km= |combat range miles= |combat range nmi= |combat range note= |ferry range km= |ferry range miles= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms=<!-- sailplanes --> |sink rate ftmin=<!-- sailplanes --> |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note=
|power/mass= |thrust/weight=
|more performance= <!-- Armament --> |armament=<!-- add (bulleted list) here or if you want to use the following specific parameters, remove this parameter--> |guns= |bombs= |rockets= |missiles=
|hardpoints= |hardpoint capacity= |hardpoint rockets= |hardpoint missiles= |hardpoint bombs= |hardpoint other=
|other armament=
|avionics= }}
<!-- ==See also== --> {{aircontent <!-- include as many lines are appropriate. additional lines/entries with carriage return. --> |see also= |related=<!-- related developments --> |similar aircraft=<!-- similar or comparable aircraft --> |lists=<!-- related lists --> }}
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== {{refbegin}} <!-- insert the reference sources here --> {{refend}} <!-- ==Further reading== --> <!-- ==External links== --> <!-- Navboxes go here -->
{{Bellanca}}
Category:Aviation in Maryland