Vultee V-1

V-1
The sole V-1AD Special owned by Randolph Hearst and now preserved in the Shannon Air Museum.
Role Eight-passenger transport
Manufacturer Airplane Development Corporation
Designer Gerard Vultee
First flight 19 February 1933
Introduction 1934
Status Retired
Primary users Spanish Republican Air Force
American Airlines and LAPE
Produced 1933–1936
Number built 25 (including prototype)

The Vultee V-1 is a 1930s American single-engined airliner built by the Airplane Development Corporation, designed by Gerard Vultee and financed by automobile manufacturer Errett Cord.[1]

  1. ^ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, p. 107, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.

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