Laird LC-B

The Laird LC-B was a three seat, single-engined biplane, built for private owners in the U.S. in the late 1920s and offering a variety of engines.

All LC-B variants were unequal span single bay biplanes which seated three in two open cockpits.

They were single bay biplanes, their wings braced together with only slight stagger by a pair of parallel interplane struts on each side.

There were long, near-rectangular cut-outs in the upper wings to improve the field of view from the pilot's cockpit.

The earliest models were mostly fitted with 200–220 hp (150–160 kW) Wright J-4/5 Whirlwinds,[1] though Curtiss radial engines could also be used.

The main legs, with rubber cord shock absorbers, and drag struts were mounted on the lower fuselage longerons.

[1] 11 of the 1925 LC-B series were built, one setting a record for the number of inside loops flown continuously (1,073).

Laird LC-1B300 after conversion to a sprayer in 1952. Extensive modifications were made to the rudder, fin, and cockpits, and a Lycoming R-680 had been installed in place of the Wright.