Registration / Serial:29-453
Alternate Serial:AC29-453
Military Code:P-559
Aircraft Original Type:Thomas-Morse P-13 Viper
Aircraft Generic Type:Thomas-Morse P-13 Viper
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper
C/n (msn):[ 29-453 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:June 1929 to September 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:662241Submit Correction
View count: 198
One of the last designs of the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation of Ithaca, New York, the P-13 Viper fighter had pretty good performance and handling, but the Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine seen installed here had cooling problems that were never resolved. Prototype fitted with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp as P-13A by September 1930 but no production. Aircraft lost at Wright Field on 1 October 1930 after catching fire in flight. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:29-453
Alternate Serial:AC29-453
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper
C/n (msn):[ 29-453 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:June 1929 to September 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:29-453
Alternate Serial:AC29-453
Military Code:P-559
Aircraft Original Type:Thomas-Morse P-13 Viper
Aircraft Generic Type:Thomas-Morse P-13 Viper
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper
C/n (msn):[ 29-453 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:June 1929 to September 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:662241Submit Correction
View count: 198
One of the last designs of the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation of Ithaca, New York, the P-13 Viper fighter had pretty good performance and handling, but the Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine seen installed here had cooling problems that were never resolved. Prototype fitted with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp as P-13A by September 1930 but no production. Aircraft lost at Wright Field on 1 October 1930 after catching fire in flight. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:29-453
Alternate Serial:AC29-453
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper
C/n (msn):[ 29-453 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:June 1929 to September 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive