I am dedicated to preserving Rearwin airplanes, information, and history.  If you have a story or a piece of Rearwin history that you want to share, I'd like to hear about it.  Also, if you would be willing to donate anything related to the Rearwin Airplanes legacy, please let me know. I will add it to the Rearwin Digital Archives for all to enjoy.

Files may be in several formats, denoted by the icons:

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= Image file (JPG or GIF)
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= Video file that can be played with Windows Media Player (download)
= Video file that can be played with Apple's QuickTime player (download)

Documents and Drawings
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Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
	MB	KB
		4	15-Oct-2001	Type Certificate #20 (Lleblond 5D)
		16	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #20
		8	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #314 (Ken-Royce 2000-CO)
		4	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #469 (Junior 3000)
		12	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #469 (Junior 4000)
		84	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #574 (Sportster 7000)
		14	27-April-2000	Aircraft Type Certificate #591 (Sportster)
		72	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #624 (Sportster 9000)
		24	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #653 (Speedster 6000)
		48	15-Oct-2001	Aircraft Type Certificate #661
		22	27-April-2000	Aircraft Type Certificate #729 (Skyranger)
		9	27-April-2000	Aircraft Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Info
		533/49	04-April-2000	Skyranger General Service Bulletins, 1940-1943
	1.35		05-Mar-2000	Skyranger 185 Features
		205	05-Mar-2000	Skyranger ATCs and STCs
	4.26		26-Sep-2000	Skyranger Sales Brochure (Rearwin)
	7.95		26-Sep-2000	Skyranger Sales Brochure (Commonwealth)
	1.31		23-Feb-2001	Field Approval for Cleveland Brakes (Commonwealth #1616)
	2.72		23-Feb-2001	Field Approval for Cleveland Brakes (Commonwealth #1791)
	1.02		28-Apr-2001	Sensenich propeller installation list (#301)
		34	03-Jul-2001	Speedster Wing Rib Gussets Redrawn by Dean Davis Drafting Service
		25	26-May-2002	Ken-Royce 3-View Redrawn by Dean Davis Drafting Service
		18	29-May-2002	Speedster 3-View Redrawn by Dean Davis Drafting Service

Photographs and Images
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Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
	MB	KB
		12	24-Feb-2000	Rearwin nameplate (replica)
		300	27-Apr-2001	Commonwealth Cowl Logo (bitmap format)
.wmf		700	25-Aug-2001	Commonwealth Cowl Logo (vector format)
				More photos...

Audio
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Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
	MB	KB
			18-Mar-2000	"19 Questions" answered by Ken Rearwin during a taped interview in 1995.

Video
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Because different people have different players, and different encoding schemes work well for different movie clips, I have tried to provide video in all 3 major formats. Players can be downloaded here:

    

Best if viewed with high-bandwith connections (cable or DSL). I am trying to improve the image quality and streaming speed so tell me your experiences with viewing these files.

Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
	MB	Length
	4.3 3.8	16:50	25-Feb-2001	Al Barbuto's Commonwealth Skyranger video (sky1856)
	2.6 2.9	8:08	06-Mar-2001	Bob Harvey's Skyranger project - now owned by Jeff Spencer (sky1743)
coming soon			06-Mar-2001	Brad Foltman's Skyranger (sky1624)

Historical Articles
A fascinating perspective on people's thoughts about early aviation.

Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
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coming soon				"Hello Southwest" by Suzanne Rearwin, 1935.
	2.6		01-May-2000	"Aviation's Advantages" by Ken Rearwin, 1936.
			23-Feb-2001	"Forgotten Rearwins" by Peter M. Bowers, 1997.

Magazine Articles
A look at Rearwins in the news throughout history.

Available Formats	Size		Date Posted	Title
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			02-Mar-2001	"How They Flew: Test Flying the Rearwin Sporster" by Elvin Carlisle Air Classics, Vol 3, Issue 1 (July) 1966 ?
			02-Mar-2001	Melvyn Hiscock's autographed copy of Airways.
			02-Mar-2001	A Sportster graces the cover of Argentina's Aviacion Sport.
			31-Mar-2001	"Those Wonderful Rearwins: Some Great Birds" Article from Air Progress, January 1968.
			27-Apr-2001	The Rearwin Cloudster and Sportster are mentioned in this issue of Air Classics. Air Classics, Winter 1973

Letters
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coming soon

Ads and Brochures
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Full PDF file: - or - Page 1: Page 2: Page 3: Page 4:	11.7	63 64 67 65	16-Mar-2001 25-Jul-2001 25-Jul-2001 25-Jul-2001 25-Jul-2001	"Fly For 1 Cent a Mile!" - Sportster sales brochure The Acrobat file is very large - view the JPGs unless you have a fast connection...
			25-Jul-2001	"Sportster - Proven Performance" - Sportster sales brochure touts the reliability of the Sportster. Because of its long range, many were sold overseas to places like South America, South Africa, and Australia.
			25-Jul-2001	"How FAR, how FAST, how MUCH" asks a Sportster sales brochure.
			25-Jul-2001	"It's Not What You Pay, It's What You Get!" - A Sportster brochure aludes to the aircraft's great value.
				"Royal Siamese Air Force Chooses Rearwin Sportsters!"