The Wedell-Williams Model 45 was a racing aircraft built in the United States in 1933

1933 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933:- Events :* The United States Coast Guard requests authorization to construct its first cutters with a capability of carrying aircraft.* Tokyo conducts it first blackout exercise....

. It was a development of designer James Wedell's earlier Model 44

Wedell-Williams Model 44

- External links :* - Louisiana State Museum-See also:-References:Notes...

, although both he and company financier Harry P. Williams were killed in separate air crashes before the aircraft could be completed. The Model 45 flew for the first time on June 28 1933, and was donated to Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

, where it was eventually scrapped.

A full-scale replica Model 45, constructed by Jim B. Clevenger of Kissimmee, Florida is on display at the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson, Louisiana.

It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage, the main units of which were retractable.

Specifications (Model 45)

External links

• Photos of the Model 45 - Louisiana State Museum

See also