page_title: Bellanca TES
hierarchical_section_title: Bellanca TES
caption_attribution_description: English: Bellanca TES Tandem (X/NR855E) with Pratt &amp; Whitney R-1340 Wasp engines in flight. Čeština: Bellanca TES Tandem (X/NR855E) s motory Pratt &amp; Whitney R-1340 Wasp za letu.
context_page_description: The Bellanca TES or Blue Streak was a push-pull sesquiplane aircraft designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca in 1929 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo.
  In 1930 it was refitted with two 600 hp Curtiss Conqueror engines and reinforced for the Chicago Daily News as a cargo plane named The Blue Streak.
  The aircraft crashed on 26 May, 1931 when the rear propeller driveshaft broke due to vibration and all four on board lost their lives.
context_section_description: The Bellanca TES (Tandem Experimental Sesquiplane) or Blue Streak was a push-pull sesquiplane aircraft designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca in 1929 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo.
  In 1930 it was refitted with two 600 hp Curtiss Conqueror engines and reinforced for the Chicago Daily News as a cargo plane named The Blue Streak.
  The aircraft crashed on 26 May, 1931 when the rear propeller driveshaft broke due to vibration and all four on board lost their lives.
caption: Rear view of the ill-fated TES
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