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Northrop Beta
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| SPORTING AIRCRAFT | Virtual Aircraft Museum / USA / Northrop |
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In 1931 Northrop built the prototype of an all-metal low-wing sporting monoplane, the Beta, a two-seater with a 119kW Menasco Buccaneer inline engine. It was converted later to single-seat configuration and fitted with a 224kW Wright Whirlwind radial engine, in which form it became the first aircraft of such power to exceed 322km/h.
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