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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_titleN.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|<i>1939 National Air Races</i> title screen.]]
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39_titleN.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|<i>1939 National Air Races</i> title screen.]]
 
<b>Documentary (1939)</b><br>
 
<b>Documentary (1939)</b><br>
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Silent film about the last pre-War edition of one of the most famous series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in Cleveland, Ohio, between 2–5 September 1939. Screenshot from different sources but common to the three movies found on open source.
 
Silent film about the last pre-War edition of one of the most famous series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in Cleveland, Ohio, between 2–5 September 1939. Screenshot from different sources but common to the three movies found on open source.
  
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== [[:Category: Rider R-4|Rider R-4]] ==
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== [[:Category: Rider racing aircraft|Rider R-4]] ==
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Reg. NX261Y Keith Rider R-4 wearing race number 70.
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Reg. NX261Y Keith Rider R-4 wearing race number 70. Pilot : Tony LE VIER.
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39 001B-70yellow.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39 001B-70yellow.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_001D_NX261Y.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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== Chester Jeep (Chester Special #1) ==
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Designed in 1932. First race in 1933. Sold in 1938 to Tom Stauch but he did not file correct paperwork to fly at Cleveland in 1939. So not seen in the air (race number 3 and reg. NR12930).
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_002-white.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_003-blue.jpg|thumb|500px|none|With the Rider R-4 in the background.]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_004-white.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_005-white.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== Rider R-6 ==
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== [[:Category: Rider racing aircraft|Rider R-6]] ==
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Reg. NX96Y
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Reg. NX96Y Rider R-6 with race number 18.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_006.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_006_NX96Y-18.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRAces39_019_NX96Y-18.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== Crosby CR-4 ==
 
== Crosby CR-4 ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_009_52.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_010_5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39_010_5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_010_52C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_010-52B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== Chester Special #2 ==
 
== Chester Special #2 ==
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Reg. NX93Y, race number 5, Chester Special <i>The Goon</i> ended at first place at 263.39 mph (424 km/h). Sold to Bill Falck in 1947.
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Reg. NX93Y, race number 5, Chester Special <i>The Goon</i> ended at first place at 263.39 mph (424 km/h) for the Greve Trophy. Sold to Bill Falck in 1947 and finally purchased by the Crawford Collection in 1991 and returned to Cleveland.
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39_011_5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:NatAirRaces39_011_5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_011_Winner.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_011C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_011D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== Brown B-2 ==
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== [[:Category: Brown B-2|Brown B-2]] ==
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#33 reg. NX255Y
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Reg. NX255Y Brown B-2 running with #33.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_012_Orange.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_12D_NX255Y.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_12E_NX255Y.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_12F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== KC Scout KC Scout ? ==
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== Aeronca KC Scout ==
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_014.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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== Wittman D-12 <i>Bonzo</i> ==
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In-line engine TO
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Takeoff of the Wittman D-12 <i>Bonzo</i>.<br>
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_015.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Reg. NX13688 white 4, [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittman_D-12_Bonzo an astonishing aircraft], given the limited resources of its designer and the results obtained.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_015B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_015C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_015D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_015E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
 
== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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#4 Racer
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An intriguing Black 4 as this race number is the Wittman. Few (close or distant) shots. Perhaps the arrival of the Marcoux-Bromberg R-3 before recieving its definitive Black 2 ?
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_016_4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_017B_4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
  
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== DC-2 & ? ==
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== [[:Category: Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2]] & [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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The right Unidentified Aircraft could be a Fairchild 24.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_018.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior|Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior|Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_021.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Grumman F3F|Grumman F3F]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Grumman F3F|Grumman F3F]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_022.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_022C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_022E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_022F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk|Curtiss P-36C Hawk]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk|Curtiss P-36C Hawk]] ==
 
Curtiss P-36C Hawk of the 27th Pursuit Squadron.
 
Curtiss P-36C Hawk of the 27th Pursuit Squadron.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_023.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_023C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
  
 
== [[:Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo|Douglas B-18 Bolo]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo|Douglas B-18 Bolo]] ==
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A Douglas B-18 Bolo surrounded by the Curtiss P-36 Hawk with the Navy's Grumman F3F taxiing in the background.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_023U.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Seversky P-35|Seversky S-2]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Seversky P-35|Seversky S-2]] ==
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77 Seversky S-2 (P-35 DS Doolittle Special) NX70-Y by Frank W. Fuller Jr.
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Reg. NX70Y and race number 77 for this Seversky S-2 (Seversky P-35 DS -Doolittle Special-) piloted by the winner of the Bendix Transcontinental race (Los Angeles, CAL. - Cleveland, Ohio) Frank W. Fuller Jr.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_024.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_024B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_024C_77.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== Fleet ? ==
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Taking off in the background of two Grumman F3Fs taxiing.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_025.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Grumman F3F|Grumman F3F]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Grumman F3F|Grumman F3F]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_025B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_025D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_025E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
 
== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_026A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Curtiss P-6 Hawk|Curtiss P-6 Hawk]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Curtiss P-6 Hawk|Curtiss P-6 Hawk]] ==
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NX9110 Curtiss P-6 Hawk 17 Jesse Quinn Bristow /MS (1939 aerobatic mod. Canc 9.1.40)
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Reg. NX9110 Curtiss P-6 Hawk with Jesse Quinn Bristow at the controls. <br>Modified in 1939 for aerobatic. Registration canceled on 9 January 1940.<br>
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SOHIO was the Standard Oil Company (Ohio), an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_027B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_027C_NX9110.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_027D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_027E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_027F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Ford Trimotor|Ford Trimotor]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Ford Trimotor|Ford Trimotor]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_028.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Later seen dropping paras leading the Stinson.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_028B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== [[:Category: Stinson Model A|Stinson Model A]] & Stinson Model U ==
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== [[:Category: Stinson Model A|Stinson Model A]] & [[:Category: Stinson Airliner|Stinson Model U]] ==
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Reg. NC12136 Stinson U
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Reg. NC12136 yellow and black Stinson U in front of a Stinson Model A (of [Pennsylvania] Central Airlines?).
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_029_NC12136.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_029B_Stinson-A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Note the distinctive shape of the Stinson Model A wing.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_029C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_029D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== [[:Category: Piper J-3 Cub|Piper J-3P-50 Cub]] ==
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Reg. NC24666 Piper J-3P-50 Cub c/n 3337 own by Peter Mark (1939). Canceled on 14 September 1970.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_030_NC24666.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_030B_NC24666.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Piper J-3 Cub|Piper J-3L]] ==
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Reg. NC23118 Piper J-3L c/n 2909 of Jim Roberts Flying School (Florida, USA). Built in 1939. Expired on  16August 2011.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_031_NX23118.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Boeing XB-15 ==
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BB89 Boeing XB-15. Single prototype built in 1937 and pressed into cargo service in 1943 as <i>Grandpappy</i> (and so subject of 'He' by his crew -usually, pilots loving their plane spoke of her as 'She'-). Left on the Diablo dump, a swampy landfill southwest of the runway of Albrook Field in Panama (June 1945). He slowly sank from sight. Now it's an industrial area.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_032.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_032B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_032C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_032D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing|Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing]] ==
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Reg. NX18562 Beechcraft Model 17W c/n 164 of Jacqueline Cochran-Odlum. Later downgraded to D17R then commandeered under s/n 42-107277 and eventually return to the civil life as NC50958.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Taylor E-2 Cub (Special) ==
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Reg. NX15354 (1935) ... Maybe an Inverted Taylor Cub but so far of the original frame !
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033-I01.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033-I01_NX153.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033-I01_NX15394.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Taylorcraft B|Taylorcraft B]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033-P01.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_033-P02.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Rider racing aircraft|Marcoux-Bromberg R-3]] ==
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Reg. NX14215 Marcoux-Bromberg R-3 (built as Rider R-3)
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_034_NX14215.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_034B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Earl Ortman.]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_034C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Turner Laird Special / Laird-Tuner RT-14 ==
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Reg. NX263Y Laird-Tuner RT-14. Winner aircraft piloted by Roscoe Turner at 282,5 mph.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_035.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_035C.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_035D_NX263Y.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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It was the third time Roscoe won the Thompson Trophy after his victories in 1934 and 1938.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_035E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Wedell-Williams Model 44 ==
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Reg. NR61Y <i>Ring Free Comet</i> the Wedell-Williams Model 44 (race number 25) of Joe Mackey ended at the 6th and last place (Art Chester and <i>The Goon</i> were out at lap 17).
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_036.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Antique]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_037.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Waco 10/GXE/O series|Waco ATO]] & [[:Category: Piper J-3 Cub|Piper J-3 Cub]] ==
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Reg. NC608N Waco ATO (later modified as BSO) and Piper ???469.
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_038.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_038B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Antique]] ==
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_039.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Biplane]] ==
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NX1???
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_040.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:NatAirRaces39_040B.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
  
 
{{footnote}}
 
{{footnote}}
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCkNIL8d9-Y 18 minutes color movie then ten minutes of black and white news]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAZGm_f7Fc a longer copy of the film with some specific action]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Races National Air Races at Wikipedia]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Races National Air Races at Wikipedia]
  
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[[Category: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing]]
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[[Category: Brown B-2]]
 
[[Category: Curtiss P-6 Hawk]]
 
[[Category: Curtiss P-6 Hawk]]
 
[[Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk]]
 
[[Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk]]
 
[[Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo]]
 
[[Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo]]
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[[Category: Douglas DC-2]]
 
[[Category: Ford Trimotor]]
 
[[Category: Ford Trimotor]]
 
[[Category: Grumman F3F]]
 
[[Category: Grumman F3F]]
 
[[Category: Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior]]
 
[[Category: Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior]]
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[[Category: Rider R-4]]
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[[Category: Piper J-3 Cub]]
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[[Category: Rider racing aircraft]]
 
[[Category: Seversky P-35]]
 
[[Category: Seversky P-35]]
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[[Category: Stinson Airliner]]
 
[[Category: Stinson Model A]]
 
[[Category: Stinson Model A]]
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[[Category: Taylorcraft B]]

Latest revision as of 04:06, 9 September 2024

1939 National Air Races title screen.

Documentary (1939)

Starring:
pilots and mechanics (Themselves)

Silent film about the last pre-War edition of one of the most famous series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in Cleveland, Ohio, between 2–5 September 1939. Screenshot from different sources but common to the three movies found on open source.

Rider R-4

Reg. NX261Y Keith Rider R-4 wearing race number 70. Pilot : Tony LE VIER.

NatAirRaces39 001B-70yellow.jpg
NatAirRaces39 001D NX261Y.jpg

Chester Jeep (Chester Special #1)

Designed in 1932. First race in 1933. Sold in 1938 to Tom Stauch but he did not file correct paperwork to fly at Cleveland in 1939. So not seen in the air (race number 3 and reg. NR12930).

NatAirRaces39 002-white.jpg
With the Rider R-4 in the background.
NatAirRaces39 004-white.jpg
NatAirRaces39 005-white.jpg

Rider R-6

Reg. NX96Y Rider R-6 with race number 18.

NatAirRaces39 006.jpg
NatAirRaces39 006b.jpg
NatAirRaces39 006 NX96Y-18.jpg
NatAirRAces39 019 NX96Y-18.jpg

Crosby CR-4

Reg. NX92Y #52 Crosby CR-4

NatAirRaces39 009 52.jpg
NatAirRaces39 010 5.jpg
NatAirRaces39 010 52C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 010-52B.jpg

Chester Special #2

Reg. NX93Y, race number 5, Chester Special The Goon ended at first place at 263.39 mph (424 km/h) for the Greve Trophy. Sold to Bill Falck in 1947 and finally purchased by the Crawford Collection in 1991 and returned to Cleveland.

NatAirRaces39 011 5.jpg
NatAirRaces39 011 Winner.jpg
NatAirRaces39 011C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 011D.jpg

Brown B-2

Reg. NX255Y Brown B-2 running with #33.

NatAirRaces39 012 Orange.jpg
NatAirRaces39 012B Orange.jpg
NatAirRaces39 12D NX255Y.jpg
NatAirRaces39 12E NX255Y.jpg
NatAirRaces39 12F.jpg

Aeronca KC Scout

NatAirRaces39 014.jpg

Wittman D-12 Bonzo

Takeoff of the Wittman D-12 Bonzo.

NatAirRaces39 015.jpg

Reg. NX13688 white 4, an astonishing aircraft, given the limited resources of its designer and the results obtained.

NatAirRaces39 015B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 015C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 015D.jpg
NatAirRaces39 015E.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

An intriguing Black 4 as this race number is the Wittman. Few (close or distant) shots. Perhaps the arrival of the Marcoux-Bromberg R-3 before recieving its definitive Black 2 ?

NatAirRaces39 016 4.jpg
NatAirRaces39 017 4.jpg
NatAirRaces39 017B 4.jpg

Douglas DC-2 & Unidentified Aircraft

The right Unidentified Aircraft could be a Fairchild 24.

NatAirRaces39 018.jpg

Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior

NatAirRaces39 021.jpg

Grumman F3F

NatAirRaces39 022.jpg
NatAirRaces39 022B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 022C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 022D2.jpg
NatAirRaces39 022E.jpg
NatAirRaces39 022F.jpg

Curtiss P-36C Hawk

Curtiss P-36C Hawk of the 27th Pursuit Squadron.

NatAirRaces39 023.jpg
NatAirRaces39 023B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 023C.jpg

Douglas B-18 Bolo

A Douglas B-18 Bolo surrounded by the Curtiss P-36 Hawk with the Navy's Grumman F3F taxiing in the background.

NatAirRaces39 023U.jpg

Seversky S-2

Reg. NX70Y and race number 77 for this Seversky S-2 (Seversky P-35 DS -Doolittle Special-) piloted by the winner of the Bendix Transcontinental race (Los Angeles, CAL. - Cleveland, Ohio) Frank W. Fuller Jr.

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Unidentified Aircraft

Taking off in the background of two Grumman F3Fs taxiing.

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Grumman F3F

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Curtiss P-6 Hawk

Reg. NX9110 Curtiss P-6 Hawk with Jesse Quinn Bristow at the controls.
Modified in 1939 for aerobatic. Registration canceled on 9 January 1940.
SOHIO was the Standard Oil Company (Ohio), an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987.

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Ford Trimotor

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Later seen dropping paras leading the Stinson.

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Stinson Model A & Stinson Model U

Reg. NC12136 yellow and black Stinson U in front of a Stinson Model A (of [Pennsylvania] Central Airlines?).

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Note the distinctive shape of the Stinson Model A wing.

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Piper J-3P-50 Cub

Reg. NC24666 Piper J-3P-50 Cub c/n 3337 own by Peter Mark (1939). Canceled on 14 September 1970.

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Piper J-3L

Reg. NC23118 Piper J-3L c/n 2909 of Jim Roberts Flying School (Florida, USA). Built in 1939. Expired on 16August 2011.

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Boeing XB-15

BB89 Boeing XB-15. Single prototype built in 1937 and pressed into cargo service in 1943 as Grandpappy (and so subject of 'He' by his crew -usually, pilots loving their plane spoke of her as 'She'-). Left on the Diablo dump, a swampy landfill southwest of the runway of Albrook Field in Panama (June 1945). He slowly sank from sight. Now it's an industrial area.

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Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

Reg. NX18562 Beechcraft Model 17W c/n 164 of Jacqueline Cochran-Odlum. Later downgraded to D17R then commandeered under s/n 42-107277 and eventually return to the civil life as NC50958.

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Taylor E-2 Cub (Special)

Reg. NX15354 (1935) ... Maybe an Inverted Taylor Cub but so far of the original frame !

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Taylorcraft B

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Marcoux-Bromberg R-3

Reg. NX14215 Marcoux-Bromberg R-3 (built as Rider R-3)

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Earl Ortman.
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Turner Laird Special / Laird-Tuner RT-14

Reg. NX263Y Laird-Tuner RT-14. Winner aircraft piloted by Roscoe Turner at 282,5 mph.

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It was the third time Roscoe won the Thompson Trophy after his victories in 1934 and 1938.

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Wedell-Williams Model 44

Reg. NR61Y Ring Free Comet the Wedell-Williams Model 44 (race number 25) of Joe Mackey ended at the 6th and last place (Art Chester and The Goon were out at lap 17).

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Unidentified Antique

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Waco ATO & Piper J-3 Cub

Reg. NC608N Waco ATO (later modified as BSO) and Piper ???469.

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Unidentified Antique

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Unidentified Biplane

NX1???

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