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Bowlus-du Pont 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon"
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Bowlus-du Pont 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon"

Bowlus-Dupont Sailplane Company · 1933 · Mahogany, cotton fabric, nitrate dope, lemon shellac

From the collection of National Air and Space Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Monoplane glider with strut-braced, gull-type wing mounted high on monocoque fuselage; wooden construction with steel and aluminum fittings and controls; fuselage and wing leading edge covered with mahogany plywood. Fuselage skin applied over laminated Spruce bulkheads. Landing gear consists of single-wheel and .... [size?] tire mounted beneath forward fuselage, spring-steel tail skid beneath rudder.

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Credit lineBowlus-du Pont 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon". 1933. Bowlus-Dupont Sailplane Company. National Air and Space Museum, Gift of Mrs. Genevieve J. Eaton. CC0.

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