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Katherine Stinson was also the first woman to fly mail for the U.S. Postal Service. She petitioned to fly for the military during WWI I but was denied due to her gender. Instead, she joined the ambulance service for the Red Cross in Europe. #EnduranceEngines#WomensHistoryMonthThis tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.
Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification. She first flew in 1911 and was licensed in 1912 at age 21. Stinson quickly became a star attraction at air meets. #EnduranceEngines#WomensHistoryMonthThis tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.
“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8iaxON
#EnduranceEngines#AvGeek#AviationHistoryThis tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.
By the late 1920s, Westinghouse began producing single Micarta props that could be attached to a two-bladed metal hub. The hub was designed to be pitch-adjustable on the ground #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.
Micarta was used in a broad range of products requiring a high degree of durability. As early as 1918, the Westinghouse Company was producing Micarta propellers for the U.S. Army. #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.
Micarta is a plastic compound first developed around 1910 by George Westinghouse. Initially, it was fabricated by interleaving layers of Bakelite plastic with either paper or fabric and formed into a desired shape in a mold with heat and pressure. #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.
The airplane departed from Oakland, CA, on May 31, 1928, and flew first to O'ahu, then to Suva, Fiji, and continued on to Brisbane, Australia, landing on June 9th. The trip covered a total distance of 7,200 miles in 10 days at an average speed of 90mph. #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
The Southern Cross was initially acquired as a salvaged aircraft. Reequipped with new Wright J-5 engines and the latest Micarta propellers, the plane was based and tested at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco (later @flySFO). #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
Flown by pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, with navigation & radio operations performed by Harry Lyon and James Warner, the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII, was the first aircraft to complete a transpacific crossing from North America to Australia. #EnduranceEnginesThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.