Some of the largest machines thus far built are of the Caproni Ca.4 type, fitted with three powerful motors, two of which drive tractor propellers while the third is a pusher and is located between the other two. Two cars are fitted and, on some of the trial flights made in this country, a large [...]
Stinson Aircraft Corporation, Wayne, Michigan
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President: B. D. DeWeese. Vice-president: W. A. Mara. Sales Manager: J. C. Kelley, Jr.
Ten-place low-wing monoplane. Three Lycoming R-680-5 engines, 260 horsepower each.
Span 60 feet. Length overall 36 feet 10 inches. Height overall 12 feet 9 inches. Wing area 500 square feet. Power [...]
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 [...]
Four pictures, of various models:
Stinson Tri-motor, Model T
East Boston
1936
Boston & Maine – Central Vermont Airways
Stinson Tri-motor, Model U
East Boston
1936
American Airlines
Stinson Trimotor, Model A
American Airlines hangar
Stinson Tri-motor, Model A
E. Boston
1936
