Kolbenmotorflugzeug

Patrouillenflugboot Curtiss NC-4, Transatlantic, der United States Navy

Dating

Vorbild: 1919

Persons

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1910 - 1929), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

United States Navy (USN, US Navy) (1775), Betreiber/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Patrouillenflugboot Curtiss NC-4, Transatlantic, der United States Navy Vorbild: Spannweite 38.4 m, Länge 20.8 m, Höhe 7.5 m, Fluggewicht 12.422 t, Motoren 4 Liberty, 400 PS, 12 Zylinder V, Höchstgeschwindigkeit 145 km/h, Erstflug 30. April 1919, Reichweite 2366 km.

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "4"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Herkunftsland/Herkunftsort: USA, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall, Kunststoff, Schnur

Dimensions

54 x 95 x 18.5 cm 1.2 kg

Inventory number

VHS-4281

Legend

Pioneers pave the way The geographical barriers fall Louis Blériot’s crossing the English Channel in 1909 proved that there were no more geographical barriers to aviation. The potential of First World War multi-engined bomber aircraft was clearly demonstrated by the long-distance flights in the years after 1918: the first transatlantic flights were made in 1919 using military aircraft. John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown flew from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy and Albert C. Read in stages from New York via the Azores and Lisbon to Plymouth in a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat.