Rearwin Sportster

The Rearwin Sportster is a 1930s American two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Rearwin Aircraft & Engines.

Design and development
The first variant, a Sportster 7000 first flew on 30 April 1935. It was a two-seat braced high-wing cabin monoplane powered by a LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine. The 7000 followed by a de luxe and more powerful engined versions, the 8500, 9000-L and 9000-KR. It had a standard tailskid landing gear but was available with floats or skis. In 1937 a new variant appeared the Sportster 9000-W powered by a 90hp (67kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine.

Two Sportster 9000s were impressed into military service during World War II under the designation UC-102.

Variants

 * Rearwin Sportster 7000
 * Initial production variant powered by either a 70hp (52kW) LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine, 75 built.


 * Rearwin Sportster 8500
 * Variant with a 85hp (63kW) LeBlond 5DF


 * Rearwin Sportster 9000-L
 * Variant with a 90hp (67kW) LeBlond 5F


 * Rearwin Sportster 9000-KR
 * Variant powered by a Ken-Royce engine,


 * Rearwin Sportster 9000-W
 * Variant powered by a 90hp (67kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine, eight built.


 * Götaverken GV 38
 * A licence-built version from Sweden, built by AB Götaverken.

Military operators

 * Honduran Air Force
 * Royal New Zealand Air Force
 * Royal New Zealand Air Force
 * Royal New Zealand Air Force