Tag Archives: Northrop

NORTHROP Delta 1-D

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Northrop Corporation, Inglewood, California
• Five- or eight-place low-wing monoplane. ATC 553. Wright Cyclone SR1820 F-3 engine, 710 horsepower at 7000 feet, or Wright Cyclone SR1820 F-2 engine, 735 horsepower at 4000 feet or P. & W. of equivalent power. Span 47 feet 9.5 inches. Length overall 33 feet 1.125 inches. [...]

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NORTHROP Gamma 2-D

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Northrop Corporation, Inglewood, California
• President: John K. Northrop. Vice-president, General Manager and Sales Manager: W. K. Jay. Export representative: E. P. Howard, 51 Canton Road, Shanghai, China.
One-place open (or closed) low-wing mail monoplane. ATC 549. Wright Cyclone SR1820, F -3 engine, 710 horsepower at 7000 feet. Span 47 feet 9.5 [...]

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Northrop A-17

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The Northrop A-17 single-engined attack bomber was US Army’s main attack aircraft in the Thirties. The A-17 was well-armed, had good performance, was reliable and dependable, and was widely exported. It was powered by one 750 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1535-11 Twin Wasp Junior fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engine.

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photo taken at East Boston [...]

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