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Title: Northrop planes, Burbank
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Three Northrop planes on display at United Airport (Bob Hope Airport) in Burbank. From left to right: the Flying Wing, a Stinson Jr., and a Model #2 ("Alpha"). Jack Northrop, who designed the Flying Wing, felt that going with an all-wing aircraft would significantly increase overall performance. By 1929 he had produced the X-216H which, while it still used a small twin-boom tail, included a more refined wing and became the first successful example of an all-wing plane. The low-wing, aluminum Alpha was used to carry mail and passengers. Photo dated: June 7, 1930.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00069780
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Transportation-Aviation-Airplanes.
CARL0000073671
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110624
Subject: Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Northrop aircraft
Airplanes--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Airports--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Northrop Corporation
Source: Smith, Robyn.

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