The Oklahoma.
FLIGHT POSITION: 1.
PILOT:
Bennett Griffen.
NAVIGATOR:
Al Henley.
SPONSOR:
This airplane was sponsored by George Henshaw of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and Frank Phillips, the founder of the Phillips 66 oil company.
AIRCRAFT:
Travel Air 5000 monoplane.
COLOR:
Blue fuselage and a yellow wing.
ENGINE:
220-horsepower Wright Whirlwind J-5C engine.
FUEL CAPACITY:
425 gallons.
WINGSPAN:
50 feet 1 1/2 inches.
LENGTH:
31 feet 2 inches.
HEIGHT:
7 feet 3 1/2 inches.
REGISTRATION:
NX911.
RACE RESULTS: This airplane took off at 12:02 p.m., aborted its flight over San Francisco, due to damaged engine cylinders, and returned at 12:45 p.m., with a smoking engine. Ken Boedecker, of the Wright Aeronautical Company, had warned that Phillips 66 fuel could cause a Wright Whirlwind J-5 engine to overheat, if used at full throttle, and this may have caused the damage to the engine. After the air race, the airplane was sold to Erin Greenleaf and Dan Sauder of Kansas.
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