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== Brown B-2 ==
 
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk|Curtiss P-36C Hawk]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk|Curtiss P-36C Hawk]] ==
 
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== [[: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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== [[:Category: Stinson Model A|Stinson Model A]] & Stinson Model U ==
 
== [[:Category: Stinson Model A|Stinson Model A]] & Stinson Model U ==
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Revision as of 09:07, 6 August 2024

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Last updated on 6 August 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

Unidentified Aircraft

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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). Sold to Bill Falck in 1947.

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

  1. 4 Racer

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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 transcontinental race (Los Angeles, CAL. - Cleveland, Ohio) Frank W. Fuller Jr.

NatAirRaces39 024.jpg
NatAirRaces39 024B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 024C 77.jpg

Fleet ?

Taking off in the background of two Grumman F3Fs taxiing.

NatAirRaces39 025.jpg

Grumman F3F

NatAirRaces39 025B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 025C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 025D.jpg
NatAirRaces39 025E.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

NatAirRaces39 026A.jpg

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.

NatAirRaces39 027.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027A.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027B.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027C NX9110.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027D.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027E.jpg
NatAirRaces39 027F.jpg

Ford Trimotor

NatAirRaces39 028.jpg

Later seen dropping paras leading the Stinson.

NatAirRaces39 028B.jpg

Stinson Model A & Stinson Model U

Reg. NC12136 yellow and black Stinson U in front of a Stinson Model A.

NatAirRaces39 029 NC12136.jpg
NatAirRaces39 029B Stinson-A.jpg

Note the distinctive shape of the Stinson Model A wing.

NatAirRaces39 029C.jpg
NatAirRaces39 029D.jpg

Piper J-3P-50 Cub

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Piper J-3L

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Boeing XB-15

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

Taylor Cub ?

Taylorcraft B

Rider R-3

Turner Laird Special / Laird-Tuner RT-14

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Unidentified Antique

Waco ASO & Piper Cub

Unidentified Antique

Unidentified Biplane

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