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Bellanca Aircraft Corporation,

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Bellanca Aircraft Corporation,

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Auction Date:2007 Jan 31 @ 09:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
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MN. 1960-70's. Specimen. Odd shs, common, red. Vignette of woman seated between 2 globes with small airplanes. In 1910, a young Sicilian named Giuseppe Mario Bellanca emigrated to the United States with dreams of building aircraft in the New World. Bellanca went on to form the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation late in 1927, backed by financing from a Delaware consortium. Orders for new aircraft started piling up quicker that they could be filled. The Bellanca model P-100 Airbus (later renamed the Aircruiser), capable of carrying 14-15 passengers, was introduced in 1930. The following year, pilot George Haldeman flew 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometers) in an Airbus, staying aloft for 35 hours. Only 23 P-100 Aircrusiers were built, largely because many in the aviation community were reluctant to buy an aircraft powered by a water-cooled engine. Bellanca's model CH-400, named Miss Veedol, made the first transpacific crossing in 1931. Powered by a 425-horsepower (317-kilowatt) Pratt & Whitney engine, Miss Veedol, with pilot Clyde Pangborn at the controls, flew 4,558 miles (7,335 kilometers) from Japan to Wenatchee, Washington, in 41 hours. For the next half-decade, Bellanca airplaces such as the Skyrocket established numerous world records for endourance and distance flying. A Bellanca Pathfinder made the seond transatlantic flight, flying from the United States in Spain and then on to Italy. In May 1931, a Bellanca Pacemaker, powered by an efficient diesel-fueled 225-horsepower (168-kilowatt) Packard engine, remained aloft for 84 hours 32 minutes without refueling-a duration record that would stand for 55 years until surpassed by the around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager in 1986! Two months later, another Bellanca Pacemaker named the Cape Cod flew non-stop across the Atlantic to Istanbul, Turkey, establishing yet another flight distance record of 5,012 miles (8,066 kilometers). FBC. XF.