Verville-Packard R-1
{{Short description|American racing aircraft}}
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The Verville-Packard R-1 was a military racing aircraft that was modified from Alfred V. Verville's previous Verville VCP-1 design. The R-1 is sometimes known also as the Verville-Packard VCP-R or the Verville-Packard 600. The R-1 was the first racing aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps.
Development
The first R-1 was created from a VCP-1 in 1919, by installing the Packard V-12 engine.{{cite web|title=Verville-Packard R-1 air racer|url=http://www.air-racing-history.com/aircraft/Verville-Packard%20R-1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803020935/http://www.air-racing-history.com/aircraft/Verville-Packard%20R-1.htm|archive-date=2019-08-03|access-date=2010-12-10|publisher=Air-racing-history.com}}{{Cite web |title=The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine |url=http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_lo/SAOF-0007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003856/http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_lo/SAOF-0007.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |website=Smithsonian Institution}}
Operational history
On November 27, 1920, Capt. Corliss Moseley, flying an R-1 racer, out of 24 track finishers, won the Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Air Force Base. The top speed was 156.54 mph.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMY7AAAAMAAJ&q=verville+general+aircraft+company&pg=RA9-PA12 |title=US Air Services, February, 1920 (Published 1919), Volume 2, Number 7, Item notes: v. 3-4, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Jul 26, 2007, Page 14 |date=2007-07-26 |access-date=2010-12-10}}{{Cite news |date=1920-11-26 |title=ARMY PILOT WINS PULITZER AIR RACE |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/11/26/archives/army-pilot-wins-pulitzer-air-race-lieutenant-mosley-in.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0362-4331}}
It also raced in the 1920 Gordon Bennet Trophy air race.
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|File:Pulitzer Trophy 1920.png|Photo of C. C. Mosley, who piloted the R-1 Racer to victory at the 1920 National Air Races in New York.
|File:Verville r-1 racer.jpg|R-1 Racer in photo c. 1920
|File:Crashed Verville-Packard R-1 Racer at Wright Field 1920.jpg|The VCP-R was damaged on August 2nd, 1920, after colliding on landing with an automobile that had been timing its speed tests at Wright Field.
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Operators
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Specifications (R-1)
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See also
Notes
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References
{{commons category|Verville-Packard R-1 Racer}}
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- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMY7AAAAMAAJ&q=verville+general+aircraft+company&pg=RA9-PA12 |title=US Air Services, February, 1920 (Published 1919), Volume 2, Number 7, Item notes: v. 3-4, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Jul 26, 2007, Page 14 |date=2007-07-26 |access-date=2010-12-10}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.air-racing-history.com/aircraft/Verville-Packard%20R-1.htm |title=Verville-Packard R-1 air racer |publisher=Air-racing-history.com |access-date=2010-12-10}}
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External links
- [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E1DE1631EF33A25755C2A9679D946195D6CF&scp=6&sq=pulitzer&st=p "Army Pilot Wins Pulitzer Air Race," The New York Times, Nov 26, 1920], Page 1, Column 6, Subtitle: "Lieutenant Mosley, in Verville Packard, Averages Almost Three Miles a Minute"
- [http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/25-november-1920/ ThisDayInAviation.com - Coverage of the R-1 Winning the Pulitzer Trophy in 1920]
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Category:1920s United States military utility aircraft