Loening R-4 | |
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Loening R-4 in 1922 | |
Role | Racing |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Loening |
First flight | 10 January 1922 |
Primary user | US Army Air Service |
Number built | 2 |
The Loening R-4 was a racer aircraft built by Loening in the early 1920s.
The R-4 featured a low-wing monoplane layout, and the Packard engine weighed three times the size of the aircraft and took up a quarter length of the R-4, nicknamed the "flying engine". Both R-4 racers (AS68559 and AS68560) were entered in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race with poor results, being reported as "almost total flops".
Data from , [1] Airwar : Loening R-4 [2]
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