WINGS OF TEXACO METAL COIN BANK 1930 TRAVEL AIR MODEL R MYSTERY SHIP- 5TH SERIES

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IT WAS JUNE OF 1930 WHEN THE TRAVEL AIR MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF WICHITA,KANSAS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR FOURTH TRAVEL AIR "MYSTERY SHIP" - THIS ONE
BEING BUILT AT THE REQUEST OF CAPT. FRANK HAWKS, TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD HOLDER OF 1929. HAWKS WAS A PILOT FOR THE THE TEXAS COMPANY, AND AFTER AN OKAY
FROM TEXACO, WORK BEGAN ON WHAT WAS TO BE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PLANE OF THE 1930'S. BUILT IN UTMOST SECRECY, THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CLAMORED IN VAIN FOR
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT THEY DUBBED THE "MYSTERY SHIP" AND THE NICKNAME STUCK. HAWKS WAS ON HAND THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANE TO SEE THAT IS WAS
BUILT TO SUIT HIM IN EVERY WAY. IN AUGUST 1930, CAPT. HAWKS SET A NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD IN HIS TRAVEL AIR, LANDING IN LOS ANGELES 14 HOURS, 30 MINUTES, 43
SECONDS AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK; A WEEK LATER, HE BROKE HIS OWN RECORD ON THE RETURN TRIP, REACHING NEW YORK IN 12 HOURS,25MINUTES ,3SECONDS. CAPT. HAWKS
ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 200 NEW SPEED RECORD IN AMERICA AND EUROPE AND EARNED THE LIQUE INTERNATIONALE DES AVIATEURS MEDAL AS THE WORLD'S OUTSTANDING
AIRMAN. THE TRAVEL AIR MODEL R "MYSTERY SHIP" TEXACO NO.13 CAN STILL BE SEEN TODAY IN CHICAGO'S MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN SPEED
FLYING OF THE 1930'S AND A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT SPEED KING.
THIS WINGS OF TEXACO IS AN AUTHENTICALLY SCALED REPLICA OF THE TRAVEL AIR MODEL R "MYSTERY SHIP". THIS DIE CAST COIN BANK IS HIGHLY DETAILED WITH STRUTS
AND ROTATING PROPELLER.
BANK IS IN NEW CONDITION WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK AND COMES IN ORIGINAL BOX AND PACKING. BOX SHOWS WEAR DUE TO AGE.
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