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Zenith Albatross Z-6
The Zenith Z-6 is a single engine biplane U.S. airliner built in the late 1920s. Its cabin, in the fuselage immediately behind its radial engine, holds five or six passengers depending on engine power. It is flown from an open cockpit further aft. Nine were completed and one has been restored to flight. Design and development The first Zenith Z-6, a five passenger product of Zenith Aircraft based in Santa Ana, CA, first flew in 1927. After serious commercial confusion with another Zenith Aircraft, based in Uniontown, PA, the west coast company changed its name in 1928 to Albatross Aircraft. Hence both the Z-6 and their later, trimotor Z-12 have been referred to as Zenith Albatross Z-6 and Zenith Albatross Z-12 or Albatross Z-12. Its unequal span, biplane#Bays, single bay wings are rectangular in plan out to rounded tips and are mounted with strong stagger (aeronautics), stagger. There is dihedral (aeronautics), dihedral only on the lower wing. The wings have spruce box spar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
