title: Buckley F-1
text: # Buckley F-1
  
  The Buckley F-1 "Witchcraft" was an all-metal, two-seat monoplane built by the short-lived Buckley Airplane Company.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Buckley F-1 was one of two aircraft types built by the Buckley Aircraft company in Wichita, Kansas at the beginning of the Great Depression. The project was developed with a German engineer, using corrugated aluminum construction with steel tube framing.
  
  The F-1 was an all-metal aircraft with a faired conventional landing gear. The aircraft featured an enclosed cabin and corrugated aluminum construction on the wing and tail surfaces. The aircraft was built without mock-ups or prototypes and was found to have no room for the pilot's feet. The wing spar had to be cut, modified and re-welded to accommodate a pilot.
  
  ## Specifications (Buckley F-1)
  
  Data from Skyways
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Powerplant: 1 × Kinner K-5 Radial engine
  