AIRPLANE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

USA

Subsidiary of the Cord Corporation. Founded in the early 1930s, its first product had the designation V-1 allocated by the designer, Gerald Vultee, who was for some years the chief engineer of the Lockheed Aircraft Company. The V-1 was a clean-looking eight-seat commercial transport of low-wing monoplane configuration. Powered by a 700 hp Wright Cyclone, it had a maximum speed of 225mph (362kmh). Back to the letter A

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