Travel Air 1000
Travel Air 1000 at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum
Role Single-engined Biplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Travel Air
First flight 13 March 1925
Status Preserved
Number built 1
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]

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

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 2
  • Length: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  • Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
  • Empty weight: 1,300 lb (590 kg)
  • Gross weight: 2,050 lb (930 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss OX-5 , 90 hp (67 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 96.5 mph (155.3 km/h, 83.9 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn)
  • Minimum control speed: 38 mph (61 km/h, 33 kn)
  • Range: 450 mi (720 km, 390 nmi)

References

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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.

Bibliography

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