Curtiss "Condor" Twin-Motor Plane Trial Flight, 1929

Summary

The Curtiss Condor airplane had its origins in a twin-engine military bomber introduced in 1929. The civilian version carried 18 passengers and flew for commercial airlines. With its biplane wings and closed cockpit, the Condor was something of a bridge between pioneering aircraft like Boeing's Model 40 and more modern airliners like Douglas's DC-3.

The Curtiss Condor airplane had its origins in a twin-engine military bomber introduced in 1929. The civilian version carried 18 passengers and flew for commercial airlines. With its biplane wings and closed cockpit, the Condor was something of a bridge between pioneering aircraft like Boeing's Model 40 and more modern airliners like Douglas's DC-3.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1929

Creators

Acme (Firm) 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.254

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10.125 in

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