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This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly ... Formula One Air Racing: RWD-6: Poland: 1930: Challenge International de ...
1930 National Air Races – Howard flew five firsts and two third-place finishes at 163 mph. Howard DGA-3 'Pete' at the 1930 National Air Races. Inset: Ben O. Howard. Photo from Aero Digest October,1930; 1930 Thompson Trophy race, third place. 1931 National Air Races – three second, one fourth, and one sixth-place finish.
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 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 [1] The B-1 was withdrawn from flying in the late 1940s, and is currently owned by Kermit Weeks.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]
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.
The Studebaker National Museum presents “The Birth of the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz Racing,” a talk by automotive historian Col. H. Donald Capps U.S. Army, Retired, on Nov. 15, 2023. One of ...
The green and cream colored aircraft was intended to compete in the 1932 National Air Races, but was finished too late. It saw its first race in 1933. 1933 National Air Races - 375 Cubic inch class - placed first once, and fourth four other times with a top speed of 154.365 mph (248 km/h)
Armistice Day Parade in downtown Fort Worth on Nov. 11, 1938, marked 20 years after the end of World War I. The parade grand marshall, Haywood Davis, is followed by the Texas Christian University ...