Hi friends,
sorry for not being able to regularly post here. In the moment, I am updating my collection archives. The picture here is from the Flickr account of the San Diego Air and Space Museum. First I thought, this is easy, it is just a Curtiss F. But I had to correct myself. The bow line does not match. The strut scheme don’t either. More, I found no other similar Curtiss type.
So I am asking you: Do you know what this is? The four-funnel destroyers in the background show it is of US-American origin.
Thank you for every answer!
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By: Malcolm McKay - 6th May 2019 at 23:07
How on earth was he able to keep his cloth cap on??
Earliest example of a flush riveted hat retainer. 😀
By: Lingo Dog - 6th May 2019 at 22:59
How on earth was he able to keep his cloth cap on??
By: Romantic Techno - 6th May 2019 at 04:32
Hi Mothminor, Boeing BB-1 ist the correct solution. By googling you find aviadejavu.ru shows another picture of it, and it matches:
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Thank you, and best regards,
RT
By: Mothminor - 5th May 2019 at 20:21
I’d go for Boeing BB-1 (Model 7) the smaller development of the B-1. External differences include different floats and more-pointed nose. First flew 7th January 1920 but never went into wider production.
By: farnboroughrob - 5th May 2019 at 19:18
Boeing B-1 is my guess, think they were used on early US mail flights around the Seattle area. There is one(replica?) in a Seattle museum.
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