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Scale epowered aircraft travel air mystery ship im curious how. In 1928, national air transport operated the type 6000 on their mail and passenger routes from chicago to dallas, kansas city and new york. This was the civilian, built plane that won the national championship from the military racers after years of their dominance. The travel air mystery ship was flown to cleveland in secrecy and kept under cover in a hangar before the races. The 1929 national air race spectators witnessed the beginning of a new era in commercial aviation. Travel air mystery ship rubber scale model direct submission to outerzone freercplans free rc plans free control line plans free free flight plans. Both of these planes were front line pursuit ships and this was the first time since 1925 that the two services flew against each other. We did not draw these plans, so we cannot guarantee that parts fit or if all the parts are even included on the files. Giant 15 scale rc airplane printed plans 1929 travel air mystery. About the haines mystery ship plan this plan is 296. Travel air mystery ship plans download air trails by. The engineers, herb rawdon and walter burnham, told him they might have just the thing. Looking forward to how you handle the landing gear as i think the gear legs make or break the looks of this plane.
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Travel air then produced the model 6000, a five or sixseat highwing cabin monoplane intended for airline use, and for very wealthy private owners. Travel air mystery racer plan scale plans from other. Travel air type r mystery ship planet hobby youtube. Name of plan wing span source price plan number rc. These plans are intended for the experienced scratch builder. Travel air mystery ship maiden flight rc foamboard. It was because of this cloak of secrecy that it was dubbed the mystery ship by the press, a name that stuck, though it was officially designated the travel air type r, the r being for rawdon rather than racer. First set of plans is for the travel air r, or mystery ship racer. Scale rc model airplane plans military templates pdf 3. Frank haines mystery ship peanut scale racer model quote.