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The Travel Air Model R 'Mystery Ship' Texaco No. 13 monoplane


Title	The Travel Air Model R 'Mystery Ship' Texaco No. 13 monoplane
Coverage / Year	1930s
Description	A monoplane, which set hundreds of cross country flight records in the 1930s. The pilot was Frank Hawks. It competed in the 1930 Chicago National Air Races. 'Texaco 13' was originally purchased by the Texaco Company. It had a cockpit full of special instruments for long distance flights and was thus heaviers than its predecesors. The cockpit was fully enclosed. The monoplane was originally painted blue and white but Hawks hit some wires and damaged it. During the repairwork, the paint color was changed to red and white.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities;
Learning Standards	16 History; 10-12 Science; 13 Science, Technology and Society;
Source	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Collection Publisher	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
CONTENTdm file name	57850181982002_MONOPLAN.jpg