DAN SHUMAKER COLLECTION
No. 5159. Crawford C-1 Metalplane (NX5563 c/n 1)
Photograph from Underwood and Underwood

Crawford C-1 Metalplane

Original photo caption:

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.



Created March 15, 2006