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yet when it comes to airplanes race in il2, we could also have the Laird Turner Meteor.






Manufacturer: Lawrence W. Brown Aircraft Co. and Matty Laird
Designer: Roscoe Turner
Date: 1930
Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Wingspan 7.71 m (25 ft. 3.5 in.)
Length 7.11 m (23 ft. 4 in.)
Height 3.05 m (10 ft.)
Weight 1,427 kg (3,300 lb.) empty

[quote]http://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emus...ntrecord=1
Feeling that his 1934 Thompson Trophy-winning Wedell-Williams was beginning to be outclassed by newer, faster racers, Roscoe Turner in 1936 contracted with the Lawrence W. Brown Aircraft Company of California to build a new racing aircraft. The aircraft, designed by Turner himself and engineered by Professor Howard Barlow of the University of Minnesota, was completed in mid-1936.

When Turner went to California to test fly the aircraft, he decided that it was too heavy for the 22-foot wingspan with its narrow chord. Thus, it was never flown with this small wing but was taken apart and shipped to Chicago. where renowned aircraft designer Matty Laird completely revamped it, using Turner