Northrop Alpha – fotografie a videá

Komisia Northrop Alpha bol americký jednomotorový, celokovový, sedemmiestny, dolnoplošník s rýchlym poštovým/osobným dopravným lietadlom používaným v 30. rokoch 20. storočia. Konštrukčné práce sa vykonávali v spoločnosti Avion Corporation, ktorá sa v roku 1929 stala spoločnosťou Northrop Aircraft Corporation so sídlom v Burbanku v Kalifornii.

Zdrojový: Northrop Alpha na Wikipédii

Komisia 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 bol neskôr vyvinutý do 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.