Northrop Gamma
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| Type: | Cargo plane |
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1932 |
| Number of pieces: |
60 |
The Northrop Gamma was a single-engine, low- wing cargo aircraft made by the American Northrop Aircraft Corporation in the early 1930s.
history
In 1928 John Knudsen Northrop , the previous chief designer of Lockheed , founded the Avion Corporation (since 1929 part of the United Aircraft Corporation as Northrop Aircraft Corporation ) in Burbank , California . Based on the Lockheed Sirius he developed together with Jerry Vultee , in 1930 he designed the Northrop Alpha , which was improved in many details and designed as an all-metal aircraft , from which the Northrop Gamma was then developed. The first flight of the prototype took place in 1932.
construction
The hull of the cantilevered low- wing aircraft was constructed in half-shell construction. The aircraft had a rigid tail wheel landing gear .
A radial engine from Pratt & Whitney or Curtiss-Wright served as the drive .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2 |
| length | 31 '2 "(9.50 m) |
| span | 47 '9 1/2 "(14.57 m) |
| height | 9 '(2.74 m) |
| Empty mass | 4,100 lb (approximately 1,860 kg) |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 7,350 lb (approx. 3,330 kg) |
| Cruising speed | 222 mph (approx. 360 km / h) at 16,500 ft (approx. 5,000 m) |
| Top speed | 228 mph (approx. 370 km / h) at 11,000 ft (approx. 3,400 m) |
| Service ceiling | 25,600 ft (approx. 7,800 m) |
| Range | 1,760 mi (approx. 2,830 km) |
| Engine | Wright Cyclone with 750 PS (approx. 550 kW) in 11,000 ft (approx. 3,400 m) |
See also
Web links
- Bryan R. Swopes: January 14, 1936. In: This Day in Aviation. 2017, accessed on August 13, 2018 .
- Northrop Gamma Polar Star. In: National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution, accessed August 13, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Specification of American Airplanes. In: Aviation. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc., March 1936, pp. 33, 82-83 , accessed August 9, 2018 .