Loening C-2H Air Yacht

Crew: 1 crew member1 person <br />

Crew Type: pilot

Passenger Capacity: 7 passengers7 people <br />

Length: 34.67 ft10.567 m <br />

Wingspan: 45 ft13.716 m <br />

Empty Weight: 5,800 lbs2.9 tons <br />2,630.834 kg <br />

Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Hornet, 525 hp (390 kW)

Max Speed: 120 mph104.277 kts <br />222.24 km/h <br />

Service Ceiling: 14,000 ft4,267.2 m <br />

Summary

The Loening C-2 Air Yacht was an amphibious airliner produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s, developed from the OL observation aircraft the firm was producing for the US military. It was a two-bay biplane of unconventional design, with a tall, narrow fuselage that nearly filled the interplane gap. The pilot (and sometimes one passenger) sat in an open cockpit at the top of the fuselage, with the engine mounted in front of them. Underneath the fuselage was a long "shoehorn"-style float, that extended forward underneath the engine and propeller. Four to six passengers could be accommodated in a fully enclosed cabin within the fuselage. The main units of the undercarriage retracted into wells in the sides of the fuselage. Stabilising floats were fitted against the undersides of the lower wing.

CNAC Aircraft Data: Loening C-2H Air Yacht

Below is all the known data available for this model of this aircraft used by C.N.A.C. They are sorted by: C.N.A.C. Service Start Date, Maker Number, C.N.A.C. Tail Number.

Tail #	Nickname	Maker #	Service Start	Service End	Crew	End Cause	Notes	Sources
1	Shasi	238	29 September 1929	20 March 1941		Sold as junk
2	Anking	239	4 October 1929	20 May 1941		Sold as junk
3	Hankow	240	4 October 1929	11 August 1931		Crash
4	Kiukiang	241	22 October 1929	25 September 1937		Sunk
5	Wuchang	242	1 November 1929	1938		Abandoned at Hankow Oct 25, 1938
6	Chungking	220	19 September 1930	20 May 1941		Sold as junk

C.N.A.C. Loening C-2H Air Yacht Images

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  1934 - Rescuing the Loening

  Another angle, on the Yangtze River at Hankow, after a sever storm. (Photos Courtesy of Peggy McCleskey)
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  C.N.A.C. Loening Air Yacht

  C.N.A.C. Loening Air Yacht #4. Do you know this couple standing next to Loening? (Photo Courtesy of Michael Smith, grandson of V. Eddie Smith)
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  Harry G Smith

  First Operations Manager of China National Aviation Corporation, taken in 1929. Standing next to a Loening Air Yacht. (Photo Courtesy of Nancy Allison Wright)
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  C.N.A.C. Loening #6

  (Photo Courtesy of Michael Smith, grandson of V. Eddie Smith)
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  Loening crashed in Shanghai

  According to your information, I can confirm it is the CNAC Loening crashed on Dec. 9, 1930. The photo is attached. It was published in a magazine called Liang Yo (Good friend). The Loening is named Shanghai according to the Chinese caption. All early CNAC aircrafts were named with Chinese names of places. The names of the two Chinese passengers are Hsiung Hsi-hui (Garrison Commander) and Yang Young-tai.
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  1934 - Rescuing the Loening

  On the Yangtze River at Hankow, after a sever storm. (Photos Courtesy of Peggy McCleskey)

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