Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Thomas-Morse R-5

Index Thomas-Morse R-5

The Thomas-Morse R-5 also known as the TM-22 was an American single-engined parasol monoplane racing aircraft of the 1920s. [1]

25 relations: Air racing, Captain (armed forces), Clayton Lawrence Bissell, Conventional landing gear, Curtiss CR, Dayton, Ohio, Duralumin, Flight International, Frank O'Driscoll Hunter, Fuselage, Ithaca, New York, Lieutenant, List of military aircraft of the United States, McCook Field, Michigan, Monoplane, National Air Races, Peter M. Bowers, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Thomas-Morse Aircraft, Thomas-Morse MB-9, United States, United States Army Air Service, V12 engine, Wingspan.

Air racing

Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Air racing · See more »

Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Captain (armed forces) · See more »

Clayton Lawrence Bissell

Major General Clayton Lawrence Bissell (July 29, 1896 – December 24, 1972) was an air officer in the United States Army and United States Army Air Forces during World War I and World War II.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Clayton Lawrence Bissell · See more »

Conventional landing gear

Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Conventional landing gear · See more »

Curtiss CR

The Curtiss CR was a racing aircraft designed for the United States Navy in 1921 by Curtiss.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Curtiss CR · See more »

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Dayton, Ohio · See more »

Duralumin

Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Duralumin · See more »

Flight International

Flight International (or simply Flight) is a weekly magazine focused on aerospace, published in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Flight International · See more »

Frank O'Driscoll Hunter

Frank O'Driscoll Hunter (December 8, 1894 – June 25, 1982) was a World War I flying ace, being credited by the United States Army Air Service with downing nine enemy aircraft.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Frank O'Driscoll Hunter · See more »

Fuselage

The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Fuselage · See more »

Ithaca, New York

Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Ithaca, New York · See more »

Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Lieutenant · See more »

List of military aircraft of the United States

This list of military aircraft of the United States includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and List of military aircraft of the United States · See more »

McCook Field

McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Ohio.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and McCook Field · See more »

Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Michigan · See more »

Monoplane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Monoplane · See more »

National Air Races

The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that took place in the United States since 1920.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and National Air Races · See more »

Peter M. Bowers

Peter M. Bowers (15 May 1918 - 27 April 2003) was a journalist specializing in the field of aviation.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Peter M. Bowers · See more »

Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Selfridge Air National Guard Base · See more »

Thomas-Morse Aircraft

The Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, until it was taken over by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in 1929.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Thomas-Morse Aircraft · See more »

Thomas-Morse MB-9

The Thomas Morse MB-9 was an experimental American fighter aircraft of the 1920s.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Thomas-Morse MB-9 · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and United States · See more »

United States Army Air Service

The United States Army Air ServiceCraven and Cate Vol.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and United States Army Air Service · See more »

V12 engine

A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders each, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and V12 engine · See more »

Wingspan

The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip.

New!!: Thomas-Morse R-5 and Wingspan · See more »

Redirects here:

Thomas Brothers TM-22, Thomas Morse R-5, Thomas Morse TM-22, Thomas-Morse TM-22.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Morse_R-5

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »