Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
"PILOT WALTER LEES, right, and PILOT FREDERIC BROSSY, left, checking up on their fuel supply before taking off on the record-breaking non-refueling endurance flight in the BELLANCA PACEMAKER MONOPLANE with PACKARD DIESEL 225 H.P. ENGINE." Three-quarter right front view, close in, of the Bellanca J-2 (r/n NR782W) on the ground; in front of the aircraft are arranged four fuel barrels and numerous cans of Texaco Aerodiesel fuel and Airplane Oil Nos. 2 and 6. Pilots Walter E. Lees and Frederic A. Brossy pose standing, looking over paperwork. Circa May 1931.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics--records
- Aircraft
- Airplanes
- Airplanes--Fuel
- Air pilots