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	<title>History of Airplanes &#187; P&amp;W Wasp</title>
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		<title>Douglas Dolphin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coast Guard Dolphin in NYC

Aero Digest specsEast Boston (now Logan) airport in 1936.

Eight-place high-wing amphibion monoplane.
Two P. &#38; W. Wasp engines, 450 h.p. each.
The Douglas Dolphin was an amphibious flying boat. While fewer than 60 were built, they served a wide variety of roles: private &#8221; air yacht&#8221;, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Model 247D</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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First modern airliner
All-metal, twin-engine, low-wing monoplane &#8211; 180 MPH
an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air


Looking at old airplanes, they seem incredibly archaic &#8212; with two wings, made of wood and cloth, open cockpits, struts and wires all over.  But the 1933 Boeing Model 247 suddenly resembles modern aircraft. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WACO Model S3HD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
â€¢ President and General Manager: C. H. Brukner. Vice-president: Lee N. Brutus. Sales Manager: Hugh R. Perry. Chief Engineer: A. F. Arcier. 
Two-place open-or-closed biplane. P. &#038; W. Wasp Junior engine, 420 horsepower. ATC 543. 
Span 32 feet 8.62 inches. Length overall 25 feet .5 inch. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STEARMAN Model 81</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Stearman Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas  
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
â€¢ President and General Manager: J. E. Schaeffer. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: Mac Short. Secretary-Treasurer: Clif Barron. 
Two-place open biplane. ATC 504. P. &#038; W. Wasp Junior engine, 420 horsepower. 
Span 35 feet. Length overall 25 feet 1 inch. Height overall 9 feet 4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPARTAN Model C-5-301</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Spartan Aircraft Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
â€¢ Vice-president and General Manager: E. W. Hudlow. Chief Engineer: James B. Ford. 
Four-place high-wing monoplane. Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior engine, 320 horsepower. ATC 389. 
Span 50 feet. Length overall 32 feet 7.75 inches. Height overaIl 8 feet 11 inches. Wing area 299 square feet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARTIN Model 130</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland
â€¢ President: Glenn L. Martin. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: L. C. Milburn. Chief Engineer: B. C. Boulton.
Fifty-place closed high-wing flying boat.
Four Pratt &#38; Whitney twin-row Wasp (geared) engines, 800 horsepower each. Span 130 feet. Length overall 90 feet 10.5 inches. Height overall 24 feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOCKHEED Vega 5C</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Vega 5B on her 1928 trans-Atlantic flight.
The most famous Lockheed Vega was the &#8220;Winnie Mae,&#8221; that Wiley Post flew around the world in 1931.
Aircraft description from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California
â€¢ Seven-place high-wing monoplane. A TC 384. P. &#38; W. Wasp S3Dl engine, 450 horsepower. Span 41 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOCKHEED Orion 9D</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California
â€¢ Seven-place low-wing monoplane. ATC 514. P. &#38; W. Wasp S1D1 engine, 550 horsepower. Span 42 feet 9.25 inches. Length overall 28 feet 4 inches. Height overall 9 feet 8 inches. Wing area 294-1 square feet. Power loading 10.54 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 19.72 pounds per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOCKHEED Electra 10A and 10C</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Amelia Earhart was flying a Lockheed Electra 10E when she disappeared over the Pacific in 1937.
One of the first designs of the Lockheed company, the Electra was one of the first all-metal, passenger planes; its many innovations contributed to the design of the P-38 fighter.
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California
â€¢ Twelve-place low-wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOCKHEED Altair 8E</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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A speedy, single-seater, low-wing monoplane, one of the first with retractable landing gear, flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith on his trans-Pacific flight in 1928.
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California
â€¢ President and General Manager: Robert E. Gross. Vice-president and Sales Manager: Carl B. Squier. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: Hall L. Hibbard. Export representatives: [...]]]></description>
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