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Travel Air 9000

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Like other members of this family, the Model 9000 was an unequal-span, single-bay, staggered biplane of conventional design. The passengers and pilot sat in tandem, open cockpits. It had a conventional tail, and fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The fuselage was built from welded steel tubes, and the
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Pelletier states that this was a six-cylinder Anzani engine of 120 horsepower. However, Anzani six-cylinder engines developed only around 45 horsepower, while the 120-horsepower figure correlates to their ten-cylinder engine. This article follows Juptner and Phillips, who both state that this
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for the first young person under the age of eighteen to complete a transcontinental flight. James departed San Francisco on October 30, 1928 and arrived at
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used it to set a new aerial endurance record for women. On December 3, 1928, she stayed aloft over Long Island for 8 hours 6 minutes and 37 seconds.
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A subsequent owner fitted the prototype Model 9000 with an extra 40-US-gallon (150 L; 33 imp gal) fuel tank. In this configuration,
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Juptner states that this flight was "from New York to California". This article follows contemporary and more specific press accounts.
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wings from wood. Travel Air model numbers primarily reflected changes in powerplant, and the Model 9000 was powered by a
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was an American general-purpose biplane of the 1920s, a member of the family of aircraft that began with the
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Contemporary sources disagree on the conditions of the prize; the
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radial engine mounted in the nose, driving a tractor propeller.
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9-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
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Phillips, Edward H. (August 2015). "Walter's Wonder Women".
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reported it as a pilot under the age of eighteen, but
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reported it as a pilot under the age of twenty-one.
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London: Putnam Aeronautical. 320:700 ft/min (3.6 m/s) 1: 651:The Christian Science Monitor 314:12,000 ft (3,700 m) 277:2,300 lb (1,043 kg) 3544:Aircraft first flown in 1927 622:Phillips, Edward H. (1994). 613:Pelletier, Alain J. (1995). 604:Juptner, Joseph P. (1962b). 595:Juptner, Joseph P. (1962a). 579:The Ford Air Tours 1925–1931 520:"Flights, Fliers" 1928, p.19 103:. It was later known as the 804:Late Numerical Designations 271:1,475 lb (669 kg) 3560: 3529:Conventional-tail aircraft 644:. London: Studio Editions. 561:Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 196:Curtiss Field, Long Island 139:The prototype, registered 3494: 559:Bowers, Peter M. 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1408: 1406: 1403: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1393: 1391: 1388: 1386: 1383: 1381: 1378: 1376: 1373: 1371: 1368: 1366: 1363: 1361: 1358: 1356: 1353: 1351: 1348: 1346: 1343: 1341: 1338: 1336: 1333: 1331: 1328: 1326: 1323: 1321: 1318: 1316: 1313: 1311: 1308: 1304: 1301: 1300: 1299: 1296: 1294: 1291: 1289: 1286: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1274: 1271: 1269: 1266: 1264: 1261: 1259: 1256: 1254: 1251: 1249: 1246: 1244: 1241: 1239: 1236: 1234: 1231: 1229: 1226: 1224: 1221: 1219: 1216: 1214: 1211: 1209: 1206: 1204: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1194: 1191: 1189: 1186: 1184: 1181: 1179: 1176: 1174: 1171: 1169: 1166: 1164: 1161: 1159: 1156: 1154: 1151: 1149: 1146: 1144: 1141: 1139: 1136: 1134: 1131: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1118: 1117: 1114: 1113: 1111: 1109:Model numbers 1107: 1101: 1098: 1096: 1093: 1091: 1088: 1086: 1083: 1081: 1078: 1076: 1073: 1071: 1068: 1066: 1063: 1061: 1058: 1054: 1051: 1049: 1046: 1045: 1044: 1041: 1039: 1036: 1034: 1031: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1011: 1009: 1006: 1004: 1001: 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Index

Travel Air
Travel Air 3000
Travel Air 4000
Travel Air Model A
Curtiss-Wright
Travel Air
Travel Air 3000s
4000s
Siemens-Halske Sh 14
Viola Gentry
George B. Peck
1928 Ford National Reliability Air Tour
Richard James
American Society of the Promotion of Aviation
Curtiss Field, Long Island
Siemens-Halske
loving cup
Calvin Coolidge
Siemens-Halske Sh 14










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