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Curtiss Tanager, 1/16th scale

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The Curtiss Tanager was an attempt to make a safe and inexpensive aircraft.

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The Curtiss Tanager was built in 1929 as an entry in the Guggenheim's International Safe Aircraft Competition; a contest to promote safe and inexpensive aircraft. The Tanager had several high-lift devices in the wings to give it a stalling speed of only 50 kph (31 mph). The aircraft won the competition, but proved too expensive and difficult to build.

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

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A19650287000
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NASM 2011-00543
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2011
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Artifact
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