Cramped Cockpits, pt 4 - RB-1.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

Stormin' Norman > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:35:53 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> > wrote:
>
> Never having seen this, I dropped the picture into Google images and
> discovered this is:
>
> "Dayton-Wright RB-1 (Rinehart-Bauman model one), also known simply as
> the Dayton-Wright Racer"
>
> One of the first aircraft that incorporated retractable landing gear.
>
> Here is more information.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton-Wright_Racer
>
> Thanks for the post Mitchell.
>
>

Even the Spirit of St Louis
afforded a better cockpit view
than that. What a nightmare that
must have been to fly.