The Bellanca TES (Tandem Experimental Sesquiplane) was an experimental aircraft constructed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca. Aircraft registration was NR855E.
Aircraft was originally built in 1929 for the price of $25,000 price for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo [1]. In 1930 was refitted with two 600hp Curtiss Conqueror engines and overbuilded for the Chicago Daily News as a cargo plane named The Blue Streak.
The aircraft crashed on 1931-05-26, when rear propeller drive shaft was broken due the vibration. All crew (Shirley J. Short - the pilot, Richard K. Peck - the copilot, Louis Rice - the radio operator, Robert W. Gormley - a mechanic) perished.
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