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This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly ... 1930: Variant modified for racing. ... M., D., (full name not ...
The first real race for female pilots was the Women's Air Derby during the 1929 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition. Air-race promoter Cliff Henderson was the founder of the first Women's Air Derby, which he patterned after the men's transcontinental air races.
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 [1] The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s, and is currently owned by Kermit Weeks.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]
Mary Barr (1925–2010), first female pilot to join the US Forest Service and become National Aviation Safety Officer [6] Jean Batten (1909–1982), made first solo flight from United Kingdom to New Zealand in the 1930s; Ann Baumgartner (1918–2008), test pilot; first American woman to fly a U.S. Army Air Forces jet aircraft (a Bell YP-59A jet ...
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.
The aircraft was given many names, but is commonly known as the H-1. It was the first aircraft type produced by the Hughes Aircraft company. Design studies began in 1934 with an exacting scale model (over two feet in length) that was tested in the California Institute of Technology wind tunnel, revealing a speed potential of 365 mph (587 km/h).
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 ...
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