Felio Ranger SP-2
I have to confess that I can’t identify your aeroplane, Moze, but I suspect that not many of them survived unless they were in the hands of pilots capable of carrying out perfect three pointer landings. A touch too much nose down attitude on your approach and……!
In Skyways No. 39 July 1996 on p 60, in the monthly feature ID UNK (Identification Unknown) I found the following text,
referring to the same picture as posted above.
[INDENT]…. the Felio Ranger, Model SP-2, registration
X-12211… was a 2-place monoplane, C/N 1, built in
1931. The original engine was a 65 hp Velie; later (as shown)
it was converted to a 95 hp Cirrus. The owner (and manufacturer?)
was listed in the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
listing of January 1, 1932, as Harold G. Felio, 3315 W. 17th
St., Los Angeles, CA. The plane was registered on June 5,
1933, to R. L. McCreery, 4751 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles,
CA. [ A reader] sent a clipping and photo from the April,
1933, Popular Aviation which doesn’t identify the plane but
shows it with Carl N. Hall and Frank C. Nixon of Compton,
CA, who applied the “deflector ring or cowl” to the
airplane. They claimed “almost unbelievably increased
thrust, a speed increase from 39 to 140 percent, and greatly
reduced landing speed.” There is no indication that the
airplane ever flew with the deflector ring.[/INDENT]
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