Built by James Thompson the ‘Little Green Men’ is an experimental helium airship built for private, non-commercial use.
Registered N99TW.
Author: Terry
Thompson, James
Oregon
USA.
Built an experimental helium airship ‘Little Green Men’.
Thompson Aeroplane Co
Detroit MI.
USA
Operating circa 1919, produced military surplus conversions.
Thompson-Day
The 1914 Thompson-Day was designed by D L Thompson and C H Day as a two-place open cockpit biplane powered by a 90hp Gyro Duplex.
It set altitude record of 15,580′ in 1914. Thompson was also often photographed flying this plane in competition with race cars.
Thompson 1915 Biplane
Built by Charles H Day at Griffith Park, Los Angeles CA., the 1915 Thompson Biplane was powered by an 80 hp rotary engine. Thompson had been looping the plane successfully.
Thompson, De Lloyd
Cicero IL
USA
Circa 1914-15 airplane builder
Thomas A-2 Sport
The two place cabin monoplane A-2 Sport N717Y built by Walter J Thomas in 1931 was powered by a 55hp Michigan Aero engine.
Thomas A-1 Sport
The A-1 Sport built by Walter J Thomas c.1930 was a single place, open cockpit biplane. Two were built, N7112 powered by a 30hp Anzani, and N12921 with a 27hp Heath-Henderson engine.
Thomas, Walter J
Chicago IL.
USA
Airplane builder circa 1930-31.
Thomas-Morse TM-24
The Thomas-Morse TM-24 of 1924 was an all-metal, corrugated-skin pursuit improvement over the TM-23, but still had enough design problems to result in rejection by the Army after McCook Field tests (as P-380).
With bridge-truss struts and biplane tail, the sole example built was dismantled and stored away.
Engine: 440hp Curtiss D-12
Wingspan: (upper) 25’0″ (lower) 30’1″
Length: 20’5″
Useful load: 1500 lb
Max speed: 143
Cruise speed: 114 mph
Stall: 63 mph
Wing chord: 63″ upper, 52″ lower
Seats: 2
