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Bellanca TES

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Top speed
  
240 km/h

Designer
  
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca

Manufacturer
  
AviaBellanca Aircraft

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The Bellanca TES (Tandem Experimental Sesquiplane) or Blue Streak was a push-pull sesquiplane aircraft designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca in 1929 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo.

In 1930 it was refitted with two 600 hp Curtiss Conqueror engines and reinforced for the Chicago Daily News as a cargo plane named The Blue Streak. The aircraft crashed on 26 May, 1931 when the rear propeller driveshaft broke due to vibration and all four on board lost their lives.

Specifications (with Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: four
  • Length: 44 ft 2 in / fuselage 25 ft 0 in (13,46 m / fuselage 7,62 m)
  • Wingspan: 83 ft 2 in (25,35 m)
  • Height: ()
  • Wing area: ft (85 m²)
  • Empty weight: 6,990 lb (3,170 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 20,945 lb (9,500 kg)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp, 425 hp (317 kW) each

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 149 mph (240 km/h)
  • Range: 3,100 - 9,300 mi (5000 - 15000 km)
  • Endurance: up to 100 hours

    • References

    Bellanca TES Wikipedia
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