Verville-Packard R-1

R-1
Role Racing aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Verville-Packard
Designer Alfred V. Verville
First flight 1919
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 1
Developed from Verville VCP

The Verville-Packard R-1 was a military racing aircraft that was modified from Alfred V. Verville's previous Verville VCP-1 design. The R-1 is sometimes known also as the Verville-Packard VCP-R or the Verville-Packard 600. The R-1 was the first racing aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps.

Development

The first R-1 was created from a VCP-1 in 1919, by installing the Packard V-12 engine.[1][2]

Operational history

On November 27, 1920, Capt. Corliss Moseley, flying an R-1 racer, out of 24 track finishers, won the Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Air Force Base. The top speed was 156.54 mph.[3][4]

It also raced in the 1920 Gordon Bennet Trophy air race.


  • Photo of C. C. Mosley, who piloted the R-1 Racer to victory at the 1920 National Air Races in New York.
    Photo of C. C. Mosley, who piloted the R-1 Racer to victory at the 1920 National Air Races in New York.
  • R-1 Racer in photo c. 1920
    R-1 Racer in photo c. 1920
  • The VCP-R was damaged on August 2nd, 1920, after colliding on landing with an automobile that had been timing its speed tests at Wright Field.
    The VCP-R was damaged on August 2nd, 1920, after colliding on landing with an automobile that had been timing its speed tests at Wright Field.

Operators

 United States

Specifications (R-1)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
  • Wing area: 269 sq ft (25.0 m2)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Packard 1A-2025 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 638 hp (476 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 177 mph (285 km/h, 154 kn)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

  1. ^ "Verville-Packard R-1 air racer". Air-racing-history.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  2. ^ "The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ US Air Services, February, 1920 (Published 1919), Volume 2, Number 7, Item notes: v. 3-4, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Jul 26, 2007, Page 14. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  4. ^ "ARMY PILOT WINS PULITZER AIR RACE". The New York Times. 1920-11-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-24.

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