BUTTERFLY MONOPLANE 1919

 

L.W.F. ENGINEERING CO. June 1919 to December 1920.      Employed by L.W.F. Engineering Co., as Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer to develop a 60 H.P. (Cato) air-cooled engine and light monoplane for this engine. This engine was stand tested for 27 hours and had 67 hours in the air powering the above monoplane designed for its installation, no changes in this engine were found necessary after my first design on the board.

 

The Butterfly Monoplane, designed by J. L. Cato and manufactured by the L. W. F. Engineering Corporation. Capt. Jack Foote recently gave the machine its first flight test. Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato Butterfly 1920 Cato engine & plane design. Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

Cato Butterfly 1920 Cato engine & plane design. Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato Butterfly Lightplane on first test flight 2-1-20 Complete plane and motor designed by J.L. Cato from notes on back of photo by JLC Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato Butterfly Lightplane on first test flight 2-1-20 from notes on back of photo by JLC Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato Monoplane Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato Monoplane in Flight Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

3/4 Front view Cato 60 H.P. Butterfly light plane motor 2-10-1919 You will note latest designs today follow the same valve layout and cooling. Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

Cato C2 Engine, Top View, 1920 Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

Cato Engine, Bottom View, 1920 Courtesy of Phyllis Cato Ferguson

 

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