Introduced in mid-1916. Designed along very similar lines to the Gotha, the Friedrichshafen bomber, is one of the principal heavy bombing machines turned out by the Germans. Its makers have long specialized in the manufacture of seaplanes of the single and the twin-engine type, and the bombing machine resembles the latter, except for the sweep [...]
With a few differences, such as the fact that the Gotha is a pusher type, whereas the A.E.G. twin-motored bombing plane is a tractor, the latter machine is designed along essentially the same lines as the Gotha, which has been developed by the Germans especially for bombing service. Doubtless, machines of both these types have [...]
Whether equipped with floats as a seaplane or with a landing gear, the Standard twin- motored seaplane is of a size that is commonly termed a battle plane. It has a total weight of 2 1/2 tons fully loaded and, at an economical speed, has a cruising range of 450 miles. The fuel tanks, carried [...]
The chief distinguishing feature of the Gallaudet seaplane is the employment a four-blade propeller acting as a pusher in connection with a fuselage design similar in most respects to the tractor type.
Top Speed: 92 m.p.h.
Engine: two Duesenberg inlines
Wingspan: 47 feet
Weight: 4,600 pounds
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by Charles Hayward, 1919
The manner in [...]
Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of 1912 was the Curtiss flying-boat. Glenn Curtiss, who won the James Gordon Bennett race in 1909, had succeeded in rising from the water in 1913 with a similar biplane fitted with a central pontoon float instead of a wheeled under-carriage. This he made into a genuine flying-boat, consisting [...]
Coast Guard Dolphin in NYC
Aero Digest specsEast Boston (now Logan) airport in 1936.
Eight-place high-wing amphibion monoplane.
Two P. & 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 ” air yacht”, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. [...]
First modern airliner
All-metal, twin-engine, low-wing monoplane – 180 MPH
an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air
Looking at old airplanes, they seem incredibly archaic — 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 [...]
Burnelli Aircraft, Ltd., Keyport, New Jersey
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President: 1. M. Uppercu. Vice-president and General Manager: Vincent J. Burnelli. Sales Manager: H. R. Boyce. Chief Engineers: (Military division) Dr. Michael Watter; (Transport division) R. Contini.
Sixteen-place monoplane. Two P. & W. Hornet engines, 675 horsepower each.
Span 71 feet 2.4 inches. [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn.
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Seventeen-place high-wing amphibion. Two P. & W. Hornet S1E-G engines, 750 horsepower each.
Span 84 feet. Length overall 50 feet 5 inches. Height overall 17 feet 9 inches. Wing area 775 square feet. Chord 11 feet 6 inches. Power loading 11.7 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading [...]
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
• Twelve-place low-wing [...]
