Travel Air 1000

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Travel Air 1000
RoleSingle-engined Biplane
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Travel Air
First flight13 March 1925
StatusPreserved
Number built1
Developed into Travel Air 2000

The Travel Air 1000 was an American single-engined biplane, the first product of the newly formed Travel Air Manufacturing Company of Wichita, Kansas. [1] [2] It led to a line of Travel Air biplanes produced until 1930 when the company was bought by Curtiss-Wright. [1] [2]

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Design and development

The Travel Air Company was formed in early 1925. The Travel Air 1000 was the first design by the company. A conventional biplane with two open cockpits in tandem, with the pilot at the rear. [1] It was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Curtiss OX-5 engine and had a conventional landing gear with a tailskid. [1] The Travel Air 1000 registered NC241 first flew on 13 March 1925 flown by Walter Beech. [2] With some minor changes it was developed into the Travel Air 2000. [1]

Aircraft on display

The Travel Air 1000 is owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association and is on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee. [2]

Specifications

Data from [2] [3]

General characteristics

Performance

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Orbis 1985, p. 3014
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Beechcraft Heritage Museum - 1924 Travel Air 1000
  3. "Travel Air". www.aerofiles.com. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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