Registration / Serial: | NR782W |
Alternate Registration: | 782W |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
Aircraft Version: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
C/n (msn): | 1101 |
Aircraft Name: | Abyssinia |
City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 1934 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 578957Submit Correction |
View count: | 388 |
Motto on the side is "Emperor Haile Salassi I King of Kings". West Indian-born pilot Hubert Julian planned to fly it to Ethiopia where he was in the air force. NC782W originally had a Packard diesel but was replaced by a Wright as seen in the photo. The flight never took place and NR782W was sold to the Portuguese Monteverde brothers. Registered CS-AAK it crashed on take off from Roosevelt Field and was destroyed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | NR782W |
Alternate Registration: | 782W |
Aircraft Version: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
C/n (msn): | 1101 |
City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 1934 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NR782W |
Alternate Registration: | 782W |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
Aircraft Version: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
C/n (msn): | 1101 |
Aircraft Name: | Abyssinia |
City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 1934 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 578957Submit Correction |
View count: | 388 |
Motto on the side is "Emperor Haile Salassi I King of Kings". West Indian-born pilot Hubert Julian planned to fly it to Ethiopia where he was in the air force. NC782W originally had a Packard diesel but was replaced by a Wright as seen in the photo. The flight never took place and NR782W was sold to the Portuguese Monteverde brothers. Registered CS-AAK it crashed on take off from Roosevelt Field and was destroyed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | NR782W |
Alternate Registration: | 782W |
Aircraft Version: | Bellanca J-2 Special |
C/n (msn): | 1101 |
City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | 1934 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |