Registration / Serial:XB-AKM
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville R-6C Gee Bee Racer
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Conquistador del Cielo
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:31 May 1939
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Photo ID:581636Submit Correction
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Crashed in the Potomac River after takeoff from Bolling Field on June 7, 1929. Pilot Francisco Sarabia Tinoco drowned. A rag accidently left by a mechanic had been sucked into carburetor. Sarabia was returning to Mexico after setting a record Mexico City- New York City flight time. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:XB-AKM
Aircraft Version:Granville R-6C Gee Bee Racer
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:31 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XB-AKM
Aircraft Original Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Granville Gee Bee R-6
Aircraft Version:Granville R-6C Gee Bee Racer
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Conquistador del Cielo
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:31 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:581636Submit Correction
View count: 338
Crashed in the Potomac River after takeoff from Bolling Field on June 7, 1929. Pilot Francisco Sarabia Tinoco drowned. A rag accidently left by a mechanic had been sucked into carburetor. Sarabia was returning to Mexico after setting a record Mexico City- New York City flight time. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:XB-AKM
Aircraft Version:Granville R-6C Gee Bee Racer
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:31 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive