Culver LCA Cadet             N29393                                        (c/n 185)

                                 
                                    
                                  The Culver Model L was designed by Al Mooney, and was based on the earlier Culver (later
                                  to be Applegate and Weyant) Dart.   It came with both Continental (LCA) and Franklin (LFA)
                                  engine options, both of 80 hp.  Some 275 were produced in 1941.   In 1940 the factory was
                                  moved from Port Columbus, Ohio to Wichita, Kansas.  Late in 1941 Walter Beech acquired
                                  control of the company which by then was well into wartime contracts, and hence production
                                  of the diminutive Cadet ceased.  The Continental powered type is seen above in this shot taken
                                  on a very hot day at Rubidoux Airport in July 1963.