1928 Travel Air 3000

1928 Travel Air 3000

• Engine: 180 HP Hispano Suiza E, 8 cylinder, water cooled, V8. Designed about 1917, originally used to power the “Spade” of WW I Fighter fame.
• 33 built, 2 believed still flying.
• ATC #31
• 3 place seating
• This pane is exceptionally original. Was stored in a barn in 1940 and rediscovered in the 1980’s.
• Louise Thaden, a famous 20’s female flyer set an altitude record on 1928 of 22,500 feet.
• Thaden set an endurance record in 1929 of 22 hours in a Hisso 3000
• Max speed 119, Cruise 105, weight 1664 lbs, payload 500#.
• Travel Air Company originally founded by Cessna, Beech and Stearman-three of America’s most famous aviators. Cessna went to cound Cessna Aircraft, Beech to Beech Aircraft and Stearman to Stearman Aircraft.