The Kari-Keen 90 Sioux coupe is a two-seat cabin monoplane .
3-499: Kari-Keen was an automotive luggage producer that started in the growing aviation business in 1929. Production of the Sioux coupe began in 1929 and ended on 1 August 1933. The first model, the Kari-Keen 60 Sioux Coup, featured a 60 hp (45 kW) Velie M-5 engine. 22 aircraft were built without a type certificate . In 1930, six more model 90s were built with a type certificate. In 1931,
6-547: The Sioux Aircraft Corporation bought the company assets, changing the name of the Kari-Keen 90 into the Sioux Coupe 90. The Kari-Keen 90 Sioux Coupe was designed by Swen Swanson and was a two-seat side-by-side high-wing monoplane with conventional landing gear . The wing was fully cantilevered, with skylights built in. The fuel tank sat above the pilot's head and was part of the leading edge. Ole Fahlin built all
9-632: The propellers and test-flew the aircraft. Data from FAA TCDS, Sport Aviation General characteristics Performance Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Kari-Keen Manufacturing Kari-Keen Manufacturing Company was an American aircraft manufacturer and producer of automotive luggage. Kari-Keen's automotive product line included the Kari-Keen Kairrier automotive trunks and beds designed by Paul Lier and patented in 1925. Production started in Leeds, Iowa . In 1937,
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