An Interesting Piece of Aviation History

[Bob Womack]

So with two sticks and two rudder bars it basically duplicates a trainer aircraft's controls?

Yep. A plaque on the side declares "Dual Control."

If they made molds or dies to cast/stamp those rudder and stabilizer parts with their IDs on them, that suggest some volume of production.

It does indeed.

Chicago Apparatus Company seems to have been a supplier of educational models and supplies generally.

That's about all I could find about them.

Made a high-wing monoplane for a reason, or just to make the controls easier to arrange on the model?

That's a good question and I haven't found any info on this unit with multiple searches on the 'Net.

I should mention that I've posted this on another forum and the pics all came out right side up.

Bob