Meyers OTW

The Meyers OTW (Out To Win) was a 1930s United States training biplane designed by Allen Meyers and built by his Meyers Aircraft Company from 1936 to 1944.

Development
In anticipation for a demand for training aircraft caused by the introduction of a civilian war training scheme (in which civil flying schools would provide primary training for the military), Allen Meyers designed the OTW and formed the Meyers Aircraft Company to build it. The OTW was a conventional biplane with tandem seating for two in open cockpits and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The prototype was powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab engine and it first flew on 10 May 1936. The aircraft was produced in two main variants; the OTW-145 powered by a 145 hp (108 kW) Warner Super Scarab, and the OTW-160 powered by a 160 hp (119 kW) Kinner R-5 engine.

Variants

 * OTW-125
 * Production variant with 125hp (93kW) Warner Scarab engine.


 * OTW-145
 * Production variant with 145hp (108kW) Warner Super Scarab engine.


 * OTW-160
 * Final production variant with 160hp (119kW) Kinner R-5 engine.


 * OTW-KR
 * One aircraft was re-engined with a 120hp (89kW) Ken-Royce 7G engine.

Surviving aircraft

 * 1 – On static display at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas. It was acquired by the museum in late 1986.
 * 2 – Airworthy with Russell W. Kilmer of Yuba City, California.
 * 45 – Airworthy with James Kieran Padden in Longhirst, Northumberland.
 * 53 – Airworthy at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas.
 * 57 – Airworthy with Theodore K. Heckman in Allegan, Michigan.
 * 75 – Airworthy with Cecil D. Bradford of Huntersville, North Carolina.
 * 102 – On static display at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was the last OTW built and was assembled from parts to be the personal aircraft of Allen Meyers.