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1930's Vintage Monoplane Racer Balsa and Lite Ply 1355mm (ARF)
| Wing Span | 1355mm |
| Length | 1108mm |
| Wing Area | 29.65Sqdm |
| Flying Weight | 1900g |
Spec:, Requires:, 4 channel radio system,
The Golden era of aviation - The grand finale at the 1929 Cleveland Air Races, when Pilot Doug Davis beat the Army and Navy in his sleek little Travel Air Mystery Ship monoplane. This crushing defeat of the military domination of air racing was a defining moment in aviation history. It caused the military to get rid of their World War I concepts of Aerial warfare and to start ordering state-of-the-art aircraft. More than 500,000 tickets were sold for the 1929 races, which took place over a ten-day period. That was the zenith of air racing as a spectator sport. The Great Depression, combined with the decreasing novelty value of flight, cut into attendance figures during the 1930s. Nevertheless, the ...
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