Travel-Air Model 10-D

Built 1929 Sold 1930

• S/N 10D 2011
• N Number N418N
• Gross Weight 3500 lbs
• Wing Span 43 feet 6 inches
• Engine Wright J6-7 cylinder (radial) 240 H.P
• Cruise @1800 rpm 90 mph
• Owned by Ron Waldron and Harry Woodridge

Travel Air Co. built eleven model 10-D’s before the factory closed. This is the only one left. The aircraft flew for the first time since 1955 on July 25, 2006.

The aircraft was built in Wichita Kansas; after it was sold it went to Illinois until 1945; then it went to Boise, Idaho. It was flown until 1955, and then it was taken out of service to be rebuilt, which never happened. It was sold in 1963 as a project; where it hung in a hanger in Southern California until we bought it in 2004. We hauled it to North Florida, rebuilt it, and then flew it.

 

Name	Travel-Air Model 10-D
Type of Plane	Cabin Monoplane
Height	8 feet 8 inches
Length	27 feet 4.5 inches
Wing Span (upper)	43 feet 6 inches
Seats	3 passenger
Empty Weight	2255 lbs
Payload	540 lbs
Max Gross Weight	3400 lbs
Maximum Speed	140 Mph
Crusing Speed	90 Mph (1800 rpm)
Landing Speed	55 Mph
Takeoff Run	500 feet
Landing Run (no Brakes	700 feet
Service Ceilng	17,000 feet
Engine	J-6 Whirlwind seven Engine 240 H.P.
Fuel Capacity	70 Gal;lons
Year of Introduction	11 Model D's built from 1929