| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NX911 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Travel Air 5000 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Travel Air 5000 |
| Aircraft Version: | Travel Air 5000 Special |
| C/n (msn): | 200 |
| Aircraft Name: | Oklahoma |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KOAK IATA: OAK Local: OAK Other: - |
| Event: | Dole Air Race 1927 |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1927 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 364108 |
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The Travel Air 5000 was designed as a small airliner. Ernest Smith succeeded in flying the prototype from Oakland to Hawaii in July 1927, despite crashing into a thorn tree on arrival. One month later the Travel Air 5000 Special, NX869 Woolaroc, won the disastrous Dole Air Race over the same route. Seen here just before take-off, sister aircraft Oklahoma was not successful - pilot Bennett Griffin aborted the race with a technical problem and returned to Oakland. Reg not painted on race day. Photo from: California State Library This photo was added on 24 May 2021, and has since been viewed 530 times. |