The Lasco Lascoter was a 1920s Australian 6-seat passenger and mail carrier aircraft built by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Company (Lasco) at Coode Island, Victoria. It was the first Australian-designed and built airliner to be granted a Certificate of Airworthiness.
History
The Lascoter was a high-wing monoplane with a tubular steel structure, featuring a tailwheel undercarriage and a fully enclosed cabin for the passengers and the pilot."AN AUSTRALIAN MONOPLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER. The Larkin "Lascoter"", Flight magazine, 8 August 1929, p.855 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008 It flew for the first time on 25 May 1929;History of Larkin Aircraft Supply Company. Retrieved: 16 December 2008 despite being damaged in a landing accident at Coode Island in May,History of Australian Aerial Services. Retrieved: 16 December 2008 it received its Certificate of Airworthiness on 22 July 1929. It was then put into service with Australian Aerial Services, an airline owned by Lasco, and used on an air mail route between Camooweal, Queensland and Daly Waters, Northern Territory."AUSTRALIAN AERIAL SERVICES, LTD. COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES", Flight magazine, 19 December 1930, p.1468 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008"Australian-Built Aircraft Approved", Flight magazine, 23 November 1933, p. 1176 (online archive version). Retrieved: 15 December 2008 The Lascoter was used by Australian Aerial Services and its successors until being withdrawn from use in 1938;Australian online historic aircraft register, VH-U__ block (The Lascoter was registered VH-UKT). Retrieved: 16 December 2008 it was scrapped during World War II.Lascoter history page. Retrieved: 16 December 2008
Operators Australian Aerial Services New England Airways
Specifications
References
External links Flight magazine image of the Lascoter Images of the Lascoter