Image: rudder skin fragment: Beech [Beechcraft] Model 17 Staggerwing

rudder skin fragment: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

Date:1937
Medium:Linen, lacquer, paint
Credit Line: Gift of Gladys and Jennie De Renzo
Accession Number:1994.29.01
Dimensions:24 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches (62.9 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Equipment
Subcategory:Airframe
aircraft: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing
company: Beech
Registration number: NC 15483
Description

Rudder skin fragment of Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing; yellow and green with aircraft registration number NC 15483; handwritten in ink across top, "Sandy De Renzo - went into San Francisco Bay in a staggered wing Beechcraft doing about 180 MPH April - 1 - 1937 and walk(ed) away from the airplane - this is off the rudder.”

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    <div><strong>Rudder skin fragment: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing</strong> 1937</div>
    <div>Gift of Gladys and Jennie De Renzo</div>
    <div>Collection of SFO Museum <a href="https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1762760113/">1994.29.01</a></div>
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