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Capital Aircraft Corp Air Trainer Royal Air Trainer
The aircraft was designed by Prof. Peter Altman of the University of Detroit. At that time it was named the Derickson Air Trainer. John and Donalt Thomas acquired the design rights in 1928 and formed a company under the name Capital Aircraft Corporation located in Lansing, Michigan. They built only one aircraft, registration number X795K. The airframe was initially built as a seaplane powered with a 60 hp LeBlond 5-D engine, which was exchanged with a 90 hp 7-D when later converted as a landplane. Span was 34 ft, length 25 ft, useful load 535 lbs, Vmax 105 mph, Vc 85 mph, Vso 30 mph, and range 400 miles. In 1929 Capital Aircraft Corporation was relocated in Royal Oak, Michigan, and was renamed the Royal Aircraft Corporation.
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