History of AirplanesThe Twenties
A long distance aircraft of the 1920s
All-metal, high-wing monoplane
The freezing Arctic wind penetrated the unheated, corrugated metal craft taking off from Spitsbergen, Norway. Navigator Richard Byrd, an ambitious U.S. Navy Commander, and pilot Floyd Bennett struggled to keep warm in their furs. They made a long flight north that day, and on their return [...]
Most widely produced military aircraft of the interwar period
The “Question Mark” made the Paris - New York flight in 1930
an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air
Captain Dieudonne Costes and navigator Maurice Bellonte flew this specially modified red Breguet 19, “Point d’Interrogation,” or “Question Mark” on the first non-stop, Paris to [...]
A postwar French multi-purpose military aircraft. Designed in the 1920s as a mail carrier the Latécoère 26 first flew in 1926, based on the earlier Latécoère 25 with a longer fuselage. It had a parasol wing with a fixed tailskid landing gear
Col. Charles Kerwood, an American who served with the French and Greek armies, as [...]
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Curtiss O-1 Falcon (1920’s)
East Boston Airport
1936
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Curtiss Falcon (1930’s)
East Boston Airport
1936