Jimmy Wedell
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James Robert Wedell was a famous 1930s racing pilot and aircraft designer. Wedell broke the world record for land-plane speed in 1933 when he clocked 305.33 m.p.h. in a Wedell-Williams aircraft of his
Jimmy Wedell, c. 1933
(L–R) Jimmy Doolittle, Jimmy Wedell, and Harry Williams. c. 1933
Wedell Williams Model 22 in front of the Wedell-Williams hangar
Wedell-Williams Model 22
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The Wedell-Williams Model 22 was a racing aircraft, two examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation. It was one of three early p
Jimmy Wedell
…interest in aviation. Continuing his earlier work as a designer, Wedell had a factory built to design and build low-wing monoplanes, starting with the Wedell-Williams Model 22. The “44” (Wedell-Williams Model 44) became one of the fastest aircraft flying in the United States, Wedell called it, "hot as a .44 and twice as fast…
NR10337, Model 22 Prototype
Model 22 replica in 1932 race trim.