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    Airframe Family: Sperry M-1 Messenger
    Latest Model:M-1 (replica) Messenger
    Compressed ID:Sperry M-1 (replica)
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sport Plane.

    To Charles Lawrance.
    The originator of the radial engine in the United States and designer of the L-3 engine.
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    September 1957

    To Smithsonian National Air Museum.
    It was donated by World War I American ace and Eastern Airlines President Edward V. Rickenbacker.

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    Circa 1961

    Converted to a M-1 (replica).
    Conversion to the single-seat M-1 configuration, which included the fitment of a skyhook.

    Circa 1961

    Markings Applied: AS68533, P-306
    Colors and markings of the Messenger used to make the first successful airship hook on and release in the air (Sperry Aircraft #22, air service serial number A.S. 68533; McCook Field Number P-306).

    Loaned to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
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     Andre DuPont
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