In 1999, Walter Treadwell built the single place, enclosed cockpit, low monoplane wing Alley Cat. Only one was built, registered N434AC, s/n 004.
Engine: Continental O-200
Treadwell Alley Cat
Era
Treadwell, Walter
Walnut Creek
California
USA
Walter treadwell flew combat in New Guinea, Phillippines and Okinawa during World War 2 in the left seat of a B-25 with the 345th Bomb Group. He did manage a familiarisation flight in a P-38.
Travel Air Huff-Daland
Two 1928 Huff-Daland (ATC 2-26) were contract-built by Travel Air as Louisiana crop dusters. They were single-place, open cockpit biplanes, powered by a 90hp Curtiss OX-5.
Travel Air A-4E / A-6A / Curtiss Wright CW-A-6A
The 1930 A-4E NC479N was most likely an E-4000 with a 300hp Wright J-6 engine.
A-6A or Curtiss Wright CW-A-6A.
Travel Air 5000
Fourteen of the 1926 Travel Air 5000 (ATC 2-27) were built. A five place cabin, high wng monoplane, eight wet to Natl Air Transport in 1927 with 200hp Wright J-5 engines.
Two were built with 220hp Wright J-5C engines for the 1927 Oakland-Hawaii Dole Race winner Woolaroc (piloted by Art Goebel, NX869), and entrant Oklahoma (piloted by Bennett Griffin, NX911).
5000
Engine: 150hp Axelson
Wingspan: 50’5″
Length: 30’0″
Seats: 5
4 built
5000
Engine: 200hp Wright J-5
8 built
5000
Engine: 220hp Wright J-5C
Length: 30’8″
Useful load: 1440 lb
Max speed: 123 mph
Cruise speed: 105 mph
Stall: 55 mph
2 built, NX869 and NX911
Travel Air 7000 / CH7000 / CW7000
The Travel Air 7000, or CH7000, of 1926 was a five place open cockpit and cabin biplane.
Probably only one was built, N4261 c/n 361.
The CW7000 was scheduled for a Wright J-4/-5 engine.
7000 / CH7000
Engine: Hisso E, 180hp
Wingspan: 34’8″
Seats: 5
Travel Air 12
The 1931 Travel Air 12-K (Curtiss-Wright) (ATC 406) was priced at $4,288. Two were built, NC437W and NC445W.
Twenty-seven of the 1931 Travel Air 12-Q (Curtiss-Wright) (ATC 401) were built, priced at $3,500.
Twelve of the 12-W (Curtiss-Wright) (ATC 407), the third in the Model 12 sport-trainer series, were built in 1931 at $4,455.
12-K
Engine: 125hp Kinner B-5
Wingspan: 28’10”
Length: 20’7″
Useful load: 636 lb
Max speed: 112 mph
Cruise speed: 95 mph
Stall: 45 mph
Range: 420 mi
Seats: 2-3
12-Q
Engine: 90hp Wright-Gypsy
Wingspan: 28’10”
Length: 21’5″
Useful load: 654 lb
Max speed: 105 mph
Cruise speed: 88 mph
Stall: 44 mph
Range: 600 mi
Seats: 2-3
12-W
Engine: 110hp Warner Scarab
Wingspan: 28’10”
Length: 20’10”
Useful load: 614 lb
Max speed: 117 mph
Cruise speed: 99 mph
Stall: 45
Range: 480 mi
Seats: 2-3
Travel Air 11 / B-11D
Two 1929 Travel Air 11 were built (ATC 2-399) for competition, the first one converted from a D-2000.
The B-11D NR612K was a modified 4-D with a 240hp Wright J-6 engine under (2-399) for competition in the Nationals.
Seats: 2
Travel Air 10
The 1929 Travel Air 10-B (ATC 278) was a four place cabin monoplane, effectively a scaled down 6000.
The 10-D of 1929, also ATC 278, was a 10-B N8844 with a 300hp Wright J-6 engine. Eleven were built; NC150V, NC368M, NC374M, NC414N/N416N, NC418N, NC471W, NC676K, and NC693K/N694K.
The design led to the Curtiss-Wright CW-15.
10-B
Wingspan: 43’6″
Length: 26’10”
Useful load: 1270 lb
Max speed: 126 mph
Cruise speed: 106 mph
Stall: 55 mph
Range: 550 mi
10-D
Engine: 300hp Wright J-6
Travel Air 3000
Similar to the Travel Air 2000, about 50 3000 1926 Travel Air 300 (ATC 31) were built as three-place open cockpit biplanes.
Engine: Hispano-Suiza A, 150-hp (112-kW)
Wingspan: 34’8″
Length: 24’3″
Useful load: 926 lb
Max speed: 112 mph
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall: 46 mph
Range: 425 mi
Engine: Hispano-Suiza E, 180-hp (134-kW)
Wingspan: 34’8″
Length: 24’3″
Max speed: 119 mph
Cruise speed: 105 mph
Stall: 46 mph
Range: 400 mi
