Photograph
Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger with Comet Engine
| Left side profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine and propeller on a Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger aircraft. A design of the Comet Engine Corporation, the engine was manufactured on a Gisholt turret lathe in Madison, Wisconsin, and added to the Challenger line. An American two-seat utility biplane, the Challenger was originally designed by Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company founded in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1926. In April 1929, the company was purchased by the Fairchild Aircraft Company of Farmingdale, New York that continued production of this aircraft as the Fairchild KR-34. The plane, with registration number X7243, is parked on a landing field. Decal text on the tail reads: "Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co. Challenger Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.A." |
| Image ID: | 132988 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 22 1929 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Gisholt Machine Company negatives and photographs, circa 1900-circa 1960 (bulk circa 1910-circa 1930) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7114 Box 2, Sleeve 3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| This image is one of forty-nine photographs in this Gisholt Machine Company collection documenting the Comet Engine Corporation. Gisholt Machine Company purchased the the Comet factory in Oakland, California and moved it to Madison, Wisconsin in 1929. |
| Aircraft industry |
| Aircraft supplies industry |
| Factories |
| Outdoor photography |
| Signs and symbols |
| Airplane engines |
| Airplanes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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