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: | 387 |
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: | 387 |
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 |