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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vultee V-1A Spcl NC16099 VA Avn Msm 21.04.04R edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Vultee V-1A NC16099 TUC 12.10.73 edited-3: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Vultee V-1A at Langley EL-2002-00551: NASA Langley· Public domain
- 4. Vultee V-1: San Diego Air & Space Museum· Public domain
- 5. Vultee V-1A cn 2 NC13764 American Airlines (15953158388): SDASM Archives· Public domain
what is it?
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.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 15.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,610 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933
- introduced
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- role
- eight-passenger transport
- engines
- 1× Wright Cyclone R-1820-F2
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 8
- length
- 11.3 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,864 kg
- top speed
- 378 km/h
- cruise speed
- 346 km/h
- range
- 1,610 km
- ceiling
- 6,100 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2535440, Wikipedia: Vultee V-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.