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This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or ... Formula One Air Racing: RWD-6: Poland: 1930: ... (full name not provided) Le ...
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Capacity: one Length: 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) Wingspan: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) Wing area: 63 sq ft (5.9 m 2) Airfoil: M6 Empty weight: 669 lb (303 kg) Gross weight: 900 lb (408 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Wright Gipsy engine 326 cu. in. Inline four cylinder, 90 hp (67 kW) Performance Wing loading: 14.3 lb/sq ft (70 kg/m 2) See also Aircraft of comparable role ...
The Wedell-Williams Model 44 is a racing aircraft, four examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation. It began as a rebuilding of the partnership's successful We-Will 1929 racer, but soon turned into a completely new racing monoplane aircraft, powered by a large radial ...
The Granville Gee Bee Model Z was an American racing aircraft that was built, successfully raced to victory, then destroyed in a deadly crash – all in 1931. It was the first of the Super Sportster aircraft built by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy, which it did in September 1931.
During his work on his 1930 movie Hell's Angels, Howard Hughes employed Glenn Odekirk to maintain the fleet of over 100 aircraft used in the production. The two men shared a common interest in aviation and hatched a plan to build a record-beating aircraft. The aircraft was given many names, but is commonly known as the H-1.
Photo from Aero Digest, November 1929. The first "Mystery Ship", NR614K (Race No. 31), was designed for both closed-course and long-distance racing. NR614K had two sets of wings, a shorter set of racing wings, about one and a half feet (0.46 m) shorter in span and three inches (7.6 cm) narrower in chord than the set used for cross-country events.
Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Capacity: 1 Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) Wing area: 67 sq ft (6.2 m 2) Airfoil: NACA M6 Empty weight: 919 lb (417 kg) Gross weight: 1,194 lb (542 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Menasco Buccaneer 485 cubic inch inline, 200 hp (150 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 209 kn (241 mph, 388 km/h) Cruise speed: 152 kn (175 mph, 282 km/h ...
The aircraft continued to compete as a "midget racer", named Suzie Jayne. [1] The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s, and is currently owned by Kermit Weeks. [2] The aircraft was on public display at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, alongside the Brown B-2 replica. [3] [4]