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Travel Air 4000

2 models built 1927–1930 · 55 on the US register today

The Travel Air 4000, a 1920s open-cockpit biplane from the company Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman founded together, with two passengers in the front cockpit and the pilot behind. The registry records it under Curtiss-Wright, which bought Travel Air in 1929.

The variants

MODELYEARSACTIVETAILFAX SCOREWHAT CHANGED
Travel Air 41927–19300—Registry spelling of the 4000
Travel Air 40001927–193055Partial 3.5/30The original
Family fleet, active
55
FAA registry
NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs
36.4
2 events over 55 active aircraft, pooled across the family

Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30

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