Atwood-Wright Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood
date: label: Date
content: 1911
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Atwood-Wright
label: Designer
content: Wright Company (Dayton, Ohio)
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wooden propeller. Diameter: 259.1 cm (102 in.) Chord: 29.5 cm (11.625 in.). Engine Application: Wright Vertical 4
label: Summary
content: In mid-1911, Harry Atwood and Charles Hamilton flew a Burgess Model F Moth aircraft from Boston to Washington, setting a 737.9 km (461.2 miles) flight distance record. Stops included New London, New York, Asbury Park, and Atlantic City. Disparity between the 14 hour flight time and 12 day trip is probably not surprising considering contemporary aircraft development and operational and logistical support. Subsequently, Atwood landed on the White House lawn and was decorated by President Taft with the Aero Club of America's gold medal.
label: Summary
content: The Model F Moth, a copy of the Wright Model B, is a pusher airplane powered by a Wright Vertical 4 engine driving two propellers. This is believed to be an original left hand propeller, damaged landing near Baltimore and replaced by propellers made by the American Propeller and Manufacturing Company. It is one of a 21 propeller collection donated to the museum in 1930 by the American Propeller and Manufacturing Co, Baltimore.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Propeller & Manufacturing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19300031000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Wood
label: Materials
content: Coating
label: Dimensions
content: Rotor/Propeller: 259.1 x 29.5 x 12.7 x 4.4 x 12.7cm (102 x 11 5/8 x 5 x 1 3/4 x 5 in.)