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el Northrop Alpha fue un avión monoplano estadounidense de transporte de pasajeros y correo rápido, totalmente metálico, de siete asientos, de ala baja, utilizado en la década de 1930. El trabajo de diseño se realizó en la Avion Corporation, que en 1929 se convirtió en la Northrop Aircraft Corporation con sede en Burbank, California.

Fuente: Northrop Alpha en Wikipedia

el 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.
The Northrop Alpha was later developed into the 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.