Photograph
Fokker C-2 Trimotor
Right side view of a Fokker C-2 Trimotor monoplane named "America" in flight just above a field. The airplane was equipped with three 220hp Wright J-5 engines. The tail identifier reads: "NX 206." "America" was flown by pilot Richard Byrd from New York to France in June of 1927 shortly after Charles Lindbergh won the Orteig Prize for completing the same trans-Atlantic flight. "America" was unable to land in Paris due to heavy fog and instead was forced to land just off the coast of Normandy, resulting in the destruction of the plane. |
Image ID: | 121618 |
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Creation Date: | |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
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State: | New Jersey |
Collection Name: | Aircraft manufacturing photographs, circa 1925-1930 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 1075.5.17, Box 1, Folder 5 |
Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
Fields (Agriculture) |
Signs and symbols |
Airplanes |
Outdoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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