Verville-Packard R-1

R-1
Role Racing aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Verville-Packard
Designer Alfred V. Verville
First flight 1919
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 1
Developed from Verville VCP

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.

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.

It also raced in the 1920 Gordon Bennet Trophy air race.


  • Photo of C. C. Mosley, who piloted the R-1 Racer to victory at the 1920 National Air Races in New York.
  • R-1 Racer in photo c. 1920
  • 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.

Operators

 United States

Specifications (R-1)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
  • Wing area: 269 sq ft (25.0 m2)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Packard 1A-2025 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 638 hp (476 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 177 mph (285 km/h, 154 kn)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

  1. ^ "Verville-Packard R-1 air racer". Air-racing-history.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  2. ^ "The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ 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. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  4. ^ "ARMY PILOT WINS PULITZER AIR RACE". The New York Times. 1920-11-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-24.

References

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