The conventional landing gear-equipped biplane featured a two-seat open cockpit and a four-passenger enclosed cabin. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing with fabric covering. The wheels were covered with large streamlined wheel pants.
Operational historyedit
On 27 November 1929 Elinor Smith and Bobbie Trout set a 42-hour endurance record over Los Angeles flying a C-1 Sunbeam refueled three times from a Curtiss Carrier Pigeon mail plane. Although the Sunbeam was performing well, the Carrier Pigeon support plane had mechanical difficulties after the third day. 672 gallons of fuel were used in the attempt, making Smith and Trout the first women to refuel in the air.[2][3][4]
^Charles R. Mitchell, Kirk W. House. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation.
^Skyways. July 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^Donna Veca, Skip Mazzio. Just plane crazy: biography of Bobbi Trout.
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commercial, sunbeam, long, range, biplane, used, record, setting, flights, 1920s, sunbeam, role, biplane, national, origin, united, states, manufacturer, commercial, aircraft, corp, produced, 1929, contents, design, operational, history, variants, specificatio. The Commercial C 1 Sunbeam was a long range biplane used in record setting flights of the 1920s 1 C 1 Sunbeam Role Biplane National origin United States Manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp Produced 1929 Contents 1 Design 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Specifications Commercial C 1 Sunbeam 5 ReferencesDesign editThe conventional landing gear equipped biplane featured a two seat open cockpit and a four passenger enclosed cabin The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing with fabric covering The wheels were covered with large streamlined wheel pants Operational history editOn 27 November 1929 Elinor Smith and Bobbie Trout set a 42 hour endurance record over Los Angeles flying a C 1 Sunbeam refueled three times from a Curtiss Carrier Pigeon mail plane Although the Sunbeam was performing well the Carrier Pigeon support plane had mechanical difficulties after the third day 672 gallons of fuel were used in the attempt making Smith and Trout the first women to refuel in the air 2 3 4 Variants editCommercial Sumbeam C 102 X 564M used a 300 hp 224 kW Wright J 6 radial engine for the endurance flights of 1929 and 1931 5 Specifications Commercial C 1 Sunbeam editData from AerofilesGeneral characteristicsCapacity 6 Length 27 ft 8 2 m Wingspan 34 ft 10 m Powerplant 1 Curtiss Wright J 5 Whirlwind Radial 220 hp 160 kW Performance Maximum speed 109 kn 125 mph 201 km h Cruise speed 96 kn 110 mph 180 km h Stall speed 40 kn 46 mph 74 km h Range 430 nmi 500 mi 800 km References edit Kenneth Munson U S commercial aircraft Charles R Mitchell Kirk W House Flying High Pioneer Women in American Aviation Skyways July 1999 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help Bobbie Trout Archived from the original on 24 January 2010 Retrieved 29 October 2011 Donna Veca Skip Mazzio Just plane crazy biography of Bobbi Trout Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commercial C 1 Sunbeam amp oldid 1105568103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
