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7-RA Comet Engine on Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Front view of a Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with the 7-RA Comet air-cooled radial piston engine with seven cylinders. The fixed-wing plane sit...
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Fokker Amphibian Model F-11

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Amphibian model F-11 sitting on a runway.
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Fairchild Model 71

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Description: Three-quarter front view from left of a Fairchild Model 71 sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "390."
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Fairchild Model 61

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Description: Three-quarter front right view of a Fairchild Model 61 (built with Wasp engine) sitting on a runway. The left wing is folded back against the tail, a featu...
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Hamilton H-47

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Description: Right side view of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The airplane is equipped with a 525 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine. The tail ...
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Hamilton Metalplane H-47

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Description: Three-quarter from left rear of the tail end of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The tail identifier reads: "134 E." The airplane i...
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Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian

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Description: Left side view of a Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1283."There are automobiles parked near buildings in the back...
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Sikorsky S-38

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Sikorsky S-38, an amphibious plane equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, sitting on a runway. Painted on...
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Bellanca CH Pacemaker — "Sturdy Legs"

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Description: Front view of a Bellanca CH Pacemaker, featuring "flying struts," sitting on a runway. The cantilever axle-type landing gear, an exclusive feature of Bella...
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Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor

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Description: View of a crowd standing around a Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor sitting at a passenger terminal. The tail identifier reads: "1879."
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Fokker Universal

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Universal sitting on a runway. The airplane is powered with a Wright "Whirlwind" 220 hp engine. The pilot an...
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Fokker F-VII Trimotor

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker F-VII Trimotor sitting on a runway. The wing identifier reads: "N-3314." The airplane is owned by commercial...
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Fokker Super Universal

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Super Universal sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC 4453." Printed on the side of the airpla...
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Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NX 4542." This airplane was one of three use...
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American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-129, a three-seat open-cockpit sports/utility biplane, sitting on a runway. A man is sitting in the rear cockpi...
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Bellanca CH Pacemaker

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Description: Three-quarter left side view from rear of a Bellanca CH Pacemaker, a six-passenger monoplane, sitting on a runway. "Bellanca Especial" is written on airpla...
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Fokker F-10 Super Trimotor

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Description: Left side view of a Fokker F-10 Super Trimotor sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: N"C 8048." Written on the side of the plane is "Western Air ...
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Sikorsky S-29-A

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-29-A sitting on a runway. The airplane was powered by two 400 hp Liberty L-12 engines. The tail identifier reads: "2756." P...
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Curtiss-Wright Field

Date: 03 17 1931
Description: A scene at Curtiss-Wright Field in Milwaukee. Pictured are Arthur D. Gaspar, a Waukesha funeral director, and Paul Trier, the pilot of the Curtiss Thrush. ...

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