Wedell-Williams Model 44
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The Wedell-Williams Model 44 is a racing aircraft, four examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation. It began as a rebuilding of the partnership's successful We-Will 1929 racer, but soon turned into a completely new racing monoplane aircraft, powered by a large radial engine. Model 44s became the dominant racers of the 1930s, setting innumerable records including setting a new world speed record in 1933.
Model 44 | |
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NR61Y, Roscoe Turner's Model 44 | |
Role | Racing aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation |
Designer | Jimmy Wedell |
First flight | 12 January 1930[1] |
Introduction | 13 June 1930, New Orleans Air Races[2] |
Retired | 1939 National Air Races |
Status | One survivor, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, Ohio |
Primary users | Wedell-Williams Air Service Corp. Roscoe Turner Mary Haizlip |
Produced | 1930-1931 |
Number built | 4 |
Developed from | Wedell-Williams Model 22 |
The only surviving Model 44 is on display at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. Three replica Model 44s are on display at the Louisiana State Museum, Patterson, Louisiana.