From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
• President: Maj or Reuben H. Fleet. Vice president and General Manager: Lawrence D. Bell. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: Ray P. Whitman.
Two-place open biplane. Wright Whirlwind R760E engine, 240 horsepower.
Span 31 feet 6 inches. Length overall 26 feet 9 inches. Height overall 9 feet [...]
The Consolidated P-30 (PB-2) was a 1930s United States two-seat fighter aircraft. It was the first USAAC fighter to have retractable landing gear, an enclosed and heated cockpit for the pilot, and an exhaust-driven turbosupercharger for high altitude operation.
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Brainard Field, Hartford, CT, 1938
Brainard Field, Hartford, CT, 1938
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photo taken at Boston Airport, August 8, 1936
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
• Two-place open land or seaplane biplane. (Models 10 and 11 respectively; data on Model 11 indicated in brackets.) ATC 374 (526). Kinner B-5 engine, 125 horsepower. (Kinner R-5 engine, 160 horsepower).
Span 28 feet. Length overall [...]
