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eight-seat all-metal cabin monoplane, built by the Thaden Metal Aircraft Company of
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Description and history

The Thaden T-1 was a high-wing strut-braced monoplane, constructed of corrugated
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, and powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine. It had a fixed
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with a tailskid. Only one example was built (X3902); its first flight was on 15 January 1928, and its final flight ended in 1933 in a crash in Alaska. In 1986, the wrecked fuselage was recovered, and is now on display at the
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Specifications


See also

* Thaden T-2 * Thaden T-4


References

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