United States Navy Servicemen Hand-Starting a Wright F2W Aircraft, National Air Race, October 1923
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Artifact Overview
Wright Aeronautical Corporation built two Wright F2W airplanes -- both entered by the United States Navy in the 1923 National Air Race at St. Louis, Missouri. Powered by a 780-horsepower Wright T-3 Tornado V-12 engine, the F2W had a top speed of 240 mph. One of the F2W planes crashed during the 1923 race, but the other finished in third place.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
October 1923
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.230
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
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