Northrop Alpha | |
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Land | Usa |
Rolle | Transport |
Første fligh | 1930 |
Bygget | 17 |
Den Northrop Alpha was an American single-engine, all-metal, seven-seat, low-wing monoplane fast mail/passenger transport aircraft used in the 1930s. Design work was done at the Avion Corporation, which in 1929, became the Northrop Aircraft Corporation based in Burbank, California.
Kilde: Northrop Alpha på Wikipedia
Northrop Alpha gå rundt | |
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Fotograf | Vladimir Yakubov |
Lokalisering | Det Nationale Luft- og Rummuseum |
Billeder | 61 |
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Den Northrop Alpha was a single-engine, all-metal, low-wing monoplane that was designed by John K. Northrop in the 1930s. It was used for fast mail and passenger transport by Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA), and also by the US Army Air Corps as a VIP transport under the designation C-19 Alpha. The Northrop Alpha was one of the first commercial aircraft to have wing fillets, a multicellular stressed-skin wing, and rubber deicer boots on the leading edges. It could carry six passengers and a pilot, and had a cruising speed of 233 km/h and a range of 2,650 km.
Northrop Alpha blev senere udviklet til Northrop Gamma, a dedicated fast transport aircraft. A total of 17 Northrop Alphas were built, and one of them is preserved at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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