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Hamilton Standard China Clipper Propeller, Constant-Speed, Three-Blade, Metal
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Type: Three-Blade, Constant-Speed, Metal
- Diameter: 168.4 cm (66.3 in.)
- Chord: 24.1 cm (9.5 in.)
- Engine Application: Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S2A5G Twin Wasp
- Summary
- This is one of the propellers installed on the Martin 130 China Clipper when it made its inaugural trans pacific airmail flight on November 22, 1935, piloted by Capt. Edwin C. Musick.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Pan American Airways
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- ca. 1935
- Inventory Number
- A19390009000
- Manufacturer
- Hamilton Standard
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
- Materials
- Aluminum, steel, cadmium plating
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A19390009000
- Usage
- Not determined
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