1930 Sec of War's Consolidated FLEETSTER Y1C-11 ~ RARE ORIGINAL FACTORY PHOTO!!!

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1930 Secretary of War's Consolidated FLEETSTER Y1C-11 ~ RARE ORIGINAL FACTORY PHOTO!!!
The Fleetster as it is named, carries seven passengers & is powered by a 575 horsepower hornet engine. The plane has a cruising speed of 145 miles an hour & a flying range of 700 miles fully loaded & without refueling. In the enclosed cockpit the pilot has perfect visibility in any direction.
Y1C-11
One Model 17 bought for use of the United States Assistant Secretary of War, F. Trubee Davison, and designated Y1C-11, later modified to Model 17-2 standards and redesignated C-11A.
The Fleetster received Approved Type Certificate Number 369 on 29 September 1930. It was designed to meet a requirement of the New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA) for an aircraft to serve the coastal routes in South America. The Fleetster had a streamlined all-metal monocoque fuselage with a wooden wing. The powerplant was a 575 hp (429 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B radial engine. It was available as a landplane or seaplane and could accommodate up to eight passengers, although the three NYRBA aircraft were fitted with two full-width seats each for three passengers.
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Offered here is a vintage o
riginal CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT company approximately 7 1/2" X 10" (inches) b&w photo of the No. 880 FLEETSTER Model 17 Special.  Original Company Logo at lower left corner & descriptive text block at lower right corner.
Special/for Personal Use of Assistant Secretary of War Davison" , dated 6-30-30.  F. Trubee Davison was the founder of the First Yale Unit of Naval Aviators in WWI and earned the Navy Cross. He later was Asst Sec of War from 1926 to 1933.
Frederick Trubee Davison (February 7, 1896 - November 14, 1974)
was an American World War I aviator, Assistant United States Secretary of War, Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of the American Museum of Natural History. He was born on February 7, 1896 to Henry Pomeroy Davison. He graduated from Groton School and then attended Yale University as part of the class of 1918. He was a member of Yale’s secret Skull & Bones Society.
Crystal clear first generation professional image quality - razor sharp details!  Seriously doubt many originals like this still exist.
It is extremely rare to find an original factory original photo for this famous historic airplane!!! The only one like it that I have ever seen.
Overall Excellent vintage condition. Some minor old photo album mounting residue on reverse.
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