Disappointed because the ‘Columbia’ was not the first aircraft to accomplish the New York to Paris flight, Bellanca severed all relations with Levine, and started his own company, the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of America, and rented facilities on Staten Island, NY. The new Bellanca model was designated the CH, and was basically a commercial version of the WB-2.
CH-200 Pacemaker
First flown in 1928
CH-300 Pacemaker
First flown in 1929
CH.300 six-seat Iightpiane, Pacemaker six-seater of 1929 and flown 1931 on an 84-hour 33-minute world non-refueled endurance record.
The CH-300, produced between 1928 and 1930, was powered by both the 330 hp Wright Whirlwind and the 450 hp Pratt & Whitney Junior.
The CH-400 was powered by the 450 hp Pratt & Whitney Junior or the 420 hp Wright Whirlwind.
Both Pacemaker and Pacemaker Senior are six-seat cabin monoplanes and generally similar externally.
PM-300 Pacemaker Freighter
E Senior Pacemaker
Senior Pacemaker Srs 8
JE-1
CH-400
Wingspan: 50 ft 6 in
Length: 27 ft 11 in
Empty weight: 3000 lb
Loaded weight: 5350 lb
Max speed: 165 mph
Cruise: 155 mph
ROC: 900 fpm
Range: 1360 mi
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