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Consolidated Fleetster
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The Consolidated Model 17 Fleetster was a 1920s American light transport monoplane aircraft built by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. There was several closely related types the Model 17, Model
The U.S. Army's Y1C-11 in 1930
The U.S. Army's Y1C-11 in 1930
The XBY-1
The XBY-1
Consolidated Fleetster 20-A of Condor Air Lines
Consolidated Fleetster 20-A of Condor Air Lines
A Y1C-22
A Y1C-22
SS Chelyuskin
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SS Chelyuskin was a Soviet steamship, reinforced to navigate through polar ice, that in 1934 became ice-bound in Arctic waters during a navigation along the Northern Maritime Route from Murmansk to Vl
Consolidated Fleetster
…Airways, two of them (NC703YS, NC704Y) were resold to Soviet Union for use as Arctic rescue planes. These two planes were used in heroic rescue of SS Chelyuskin crew in April, 1934. The XBY-1 Model 17-2AC One aircraft powered by a 575hp (429kW) Wright R-1820E Cyclone radial engine. Model 18 Two-seat carrier…
Chelyuskin
Chelyuskin
Chelyuskin, 1933, photo by Novitsky
Chelyuskin, 1933, photo by Novitsky
From left to right: Joe Crosson (brother of Marvel Crosson), Mavriky Slepnyov, Georgy Ushakov, Sigizmund Levanevsky, radio operator of Ladd Army Airfi
From left to right: Joe Crosson (brother of Marvel Crosson), Mavriky Slepnyov, Georgy Ushakov, Sigizmund Levanevsky, radio operator of Ladd Army Airfield in Alaska during the expedition to rescue the crew of SS Chelyuskin.