DAN SHUMAKER COLLECTION
No. 5159. Crawford C-1 Metalplane (NX5563 c/n 1)
Photograph from Underwood and Underwood
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Text on back of photo: "LOS ANGELES, California, USA. -- PHOTO SHOWS: Harvey
Crawford and the new plane which he designed and has successfully
flown-- the smallest all-metal aircraft in the country. It weighs but
1,000 lb (454 kg)-- is 24 ft (7.32 m) long-- has a wingspread of 34
ft (10.36 m) and can travel at 160 mph (257 kmh). The plane is made
entirely of duraluminum and is called on the the safest small
airplanes ever built." |
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Created March 15, 2006