Curtiss-Reid Rambler

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204718)
Curtiss-Reid Rambler Mk. I, CF-ABT, Cartierville, PQ, 1931

The Reid Rambler, later known under the Curtiss-Reid brand after Reid was purchased by Curtiss, was a biplane trainer/sport aircraft built in Canada in the early 1930s and used in small numbers as a trainer aircraft by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The Reid Rambler was primarily intended to be a training aircraft. The Rambler was a largely conventional sesquiplane design with wings braced with Warren trusses and which could be folded backwards for transport or storage. The fuselage was of fabric-covered steel tube construction and the pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits.

Although it was intended principally for civilian use, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) evaluated the aircraft as a basic training aircraft. Although the RCAF employed many other ab-initio aircraft including the ubiquitous de Havilland Moth, senior military staff elected to purchase a small number of the Ramblers. Wikipedia

Wikipedia Curtiss-Reid Rambler

Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Rambler Mk. II / I G-CYXD