| Greater Meteor | |
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| Role | Record setting aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Remanufactured by the Mason Aircraft Company |
| Designer | H P "Glen" Warren, John G. Montijo, W.J. Waterhouse |
| Introduction | 1928 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Mason Greater Meteor also called the Warren & Montijo Monoplane, the Glenmont Landau Sedan, the Belmont Cabin Monoplane M-1, the Mason Meteor M, the Mason Greater Meteor M-200 and the Pride of Hollywood was the first aircraft built by California Polytechnic College students.[1]
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First built by Cal Poly students, the aircraft was registered under many names. In April 1928 aircraft was first registered as the Warren & Montijo Monoplane. In August 1928 the aircraft was sold as a Glenmont Landau Sedan and renamed shortly afterward as the Belmont Cabin Monoplane M-1 By 1933 the aircraft was registered as the Mason Meteor M' and Mason Greater Meteor M-200.[2]
The aircraft was constructed with a welded steel tube fuselage with aircraft fabric covering. The wings used spruce spars with Haskelite covering. It featured conventional landing gear. The first engine was a 260 hp (194 kW) 9 cylinder Salmson 92M radial. The first modification to the aircraft was lowering the engine for improved forward visability. In 1933 the fuselage was rebuilt and a new Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine was installed. The Mason Aircraft Company installed six fuel tanks in the cabin with a interconnecting tube and a receptacle for aerial refueling mounted above the wing.[2]
Originally buit as a school project, the aircraft served as a passenger plane, then was modified as a non-stop aerial refueling record-setting aircraft, then again as a aerial broadcasting booth for NBC with the call sign KHRCX. On 29 April 1934, the aircraft crashed in a landing accident at Long Beach, California[1]
Data from Skyways
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