| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC501W |
| Other Marks: | 33 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Monocoupe 110 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Monocoupe 110 |
| Aircraft Version: | Monocoupe 110 Special |
| C/n (msn): | 5W47 |
| Aircraft Name: | Baby Ruth |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | MildenhallMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGUN IATA: MHZ Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | MacRobertson Air Race 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 13 October 1934 to 20 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 149902 |
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John Livingston won 41 air races in this modified, clipped-wing aircraft which was originally a Monocoupe 110. He sold it to Jack Wright of Utica, NY and it took part in the London to Melbourne Air Race flown by Wright and John Polando. They had to abandon at Calcutta. Aircraft sponsored by the maker of the Baby Ruth candybar. (The company denied that the bar was named after famous baseball player Babe Ruth.) Interestingly, the swimmer, actress and aviatrix Ruth Wells Barron was the plane's next owner. Unfortunately she was killed in it on 3 July 1936 after it caught fire over Omaha, Nebraska. Photo from: Flight This photo was added on 7 July 2019, and has since been viewed 2164 times. |