Product code: 2024 WINGS OF TEXACO METAL COIN BANK 1930 TRAVEL AIR MODEL R MYSTERY SHIP- 5TH SERIES
IT WAS JUNE OF 1930 WHEN THE TRAVEL AIR MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF WICHITA,KANSAS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR FOURTH TRAVEL AIR "MYSTERY SHIP" - THIS ONE BEING BUILT AT THE REQUEST OF CAPT. FRANK HAWKS, TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD HOLDER OF 1929. HAWKS WAS A PILOT FOR THE THE TEXAS COMPANY, AND AFTER AN OKAY FROM TEXACO, WORK BEGAN ON WHAT WAS TO BE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PLANE OF THE 1930'S. BUILT IN UTMOST SECRECY, THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CLAMORED IN VAIN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT THEY DUBBED THE "MYSTERY SHIP" AND THE NICKNAME STUCK. HAWKS WAS ON HAND THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION OF 2024 THE PLANE TO SEE THAT IS WAS BUILT TO SUIT HIM IN EVERY WAY. IN AUGUST 1930, CAPT. HAWKS SET A NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD IN HIS TRAVEL AIR, LANDING IN LOS ANGELES 14 HOURS, 30 MINUTES, 43 SECONDS AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK; A WEEK LATER, HE BROKE HIS OWN RECORD ON THE RETURN TRIP, REACHING NEW YORK IN 12 HOURS,25MINUTES ,3SECONDS. CAPT. HAWKS ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 200 NEW SPEED RECORD IN AMERICA AND EUROPE AND EARNED THE L.
IT WAS JUNE OF 1930 WHEN THE TRAVEL AIR MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF WICHITA,KANSAS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR FOURTH TRAVEL AIR "MYSTERY SHIP" - THIS ONE BEING BUILT AT THE REQUEST OF CAPT. FRANK HAWKS, TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD HOLDER OF 1929. HAWKS WAS A PILOT FOR THE THE TEXAS COMPANY, AND AFTER AN OKAY FROM TEXACO, WORK BEGAN ON WHAT WAS TO BE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PLANE OF THE 1930'S. BUILT IN UTMOST SECRECY, THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CLAMORED IN VAIN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT THEY DUBBED THE "MYSTERY SHIP" AND THE NICKNAME STUCK. HAWKS WAS ON HAND THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION OF 2024 THE PLANE TO SEE THAT IS WAS BUILT TO SUIT HIM IN EVERY WAY. IN AUGUST 1930, CAPT. HAWKS SET A NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD IN HIS TRAVEL AIR, LANDING IN LOS ANGELES 14 HOURS, 30 MINUTES, 43 SECONDS AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK; A WEEK LATER, HE BROKE HIS OWN RECORD ON THE RETURN TRIP, REACHING NEW YORK IN 12 HOURS,25MINUTES ,3SECONDS. CAPT. HAWKS ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 200 NEW SPEED RECORD IN AMERICA AND EUROPE AND EARNED THE L.