• Close up image of the propellers and engine of a plane. In the distance is the fuselage of a plane.
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    The Bellanca C.F. high-wing monoplane was the prototype for the first line of successful cabin aircraft, including Pacemakers and Cruisairs, built in the United States. Its creator, Italian immigrant Giuseppe Bellanca, embraced a completely new vision and design in the early 1920s, offering four passengers comfort and cover in a cabin while keeping the traditional open cockpit for the pilot.

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Eric Long

Date Created

01/07/2020

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Aircraft; Aviation; Private

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