Loening R-4

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Loening R-4
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Loening R-4 in 1922
RoleRacing
National origin United States
Manufacturer Loening
First flight10 January 1922
Primary user US Army Air Service
Number built2

The Loening R-4 was a racer aircraft built by Loening in the early 1920s.

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Design

The R-4 featured a low-wing monoplane layout, and the Packard engine weighed three times the size of the aircraft and took up a quarter length of the R-4, nicknamed the "flying engine". Both R-4 racers (AS68559 and AS68560) were entered in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race with poor results, being reported as "almost total flops".

Operators

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Specifications

Data from , [1] Airwar : Loening R-4 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Parmentier, Bruno. "Loening R-4". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. "Loening R-4" (in Russian). Airwar.ru. Retrieved 2019-02-26.