History of Airplanes
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 [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
E. M. Laird Airplane Company, Chicago, Illinois
• Six-place sesquiplane. Pratt and Whitney Wasp SIDl engine, 450 horsepower. Span 38 feet. Length overall 27 feet 6 inches. Height overall 8 feet 8 inches. Wing area 250 square feet. Power loading 11.9 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 21.3 pounds per square foot. [...]
The Aircruiser was commissioned in 1928, by Italian WW I ace, Caesare Sabelli, who wanted a plane that could fly non-stop from New York to Rome. Giuseppe Bellanca’s original design, the Model K , never made the flight, but the design survived. The distinctive “W” silhouette of the plane is derived from [...]