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1928 VELIE MONOCOUPE 70
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| Country: |
USA |
Wingspan: |
30' 4" |
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| Year: |
1928 |
Length: |
19'-9" |
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| Engine: |
Velie M5 |
Cruise Speed: |
65 mph |
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| Horsepower: |
65 |
Gross Weight: |
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| Quantity Mfg: |
350 |
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| The Monocoupe was introduced in 1926
by Don Luscombe (Later of Luscombe Aircraft fame). The company
took off in 1928 when Willard L. Velie of Velie Automobiles and
the maternal grandson of John Deere joined forces with Don
Luscombe. The Velie Company provided the new Velie M5
radial engine and this launched the Monocoupe to stardom.
By 1929 it was said that a full ten percent of all registered
aircraft in the United States were Monocoupes. The model
70 was one of the earliest designs of the Monocoupe Company that
built several larger and more powerful models well into the
1930s. The museum's Model 70 was donated by
"Breity" Breithaupt in 2007. This famous
airplane was the center piece of the Antique Airplane restaurant
in Reading, Pennsylvania. Breity restored the
airplane in the early 1960s and flew it only a few times before
hanging it in his restaurant were it remained for over forty
years. It is one of the remaining few model 70s left in
existence maintained in airworthy condition. |
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