| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NR273Y |
| Other Marks: | 40 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Howard DGA-6 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Howard DGA-6 |
| Aircraft Version: | Howard DGA-6 |
| C/n (msn): | 70 |
| Aircraft Name: | Mister Mulligan |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: - |
| Event: | Bendix Trophy 1936 |
| Photo Date: | 3 September 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 398517 |
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Designed for the Bendix Trophy, the DGA-6 won the 1935 edition from Burbank to Cleveland and surprisingly this four-seat aircraft also won the 1935 Thompson Trophy pylon race. Mister Mulligan is apparently seen here before the start of the 1936 Bendix from NY to Los Angeles, during which it crashed in New Mexico due to a propeller failure. Pilot Ben Howard lost a leg. The wreck was salvaged 34 years later and used to build the first of two DGA-6 replicas. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 7 October 2021, and has since been viewed 471 times. |