Mystery Airplane Contest - April 2025

Allen H. Meyers (1908-1976) started in aviation as a sheet-metal man and worked for Vought in Long Island, Martin in Baltimore, and Stinson in Wayne, Michigan. He'd learned to fly at Curtiss Field in an OX-5 powered Jenny, and later spent time as a barnstormer. By 1936, he'd set up his own Meyers Aircraft Company in Tecumseh, Michigan.

His first successful design was the Meyers OTW ("Out to Win") that was manufactured for the Civilian Pilot Training Program established under the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938. The OTW biplane, along with the Waco UPF-7 and the Ryan PT-21 and PT-22, were built t...