The Wedell-Williams Crew with the #44

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This file appears in: Wedell-Williams Air Service Makes Its Mark
The Wedell-Williams Crew with the #44

Known as the "Miss Patterson," it was "hot as a '44' and twice as fast." Built in 1931, it broke the landspeed record in 1933. The plane resides in the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson.

Image courtesy of the Wedell-Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum

This file appears in: Wedell-Williams Air Service Makes Its Mark

By Teresa M. Thessen
The Wedell-Williams Air Service pilots entered air races across the country from 1928 through 1935. These races kept the viewers in suspense as the aircraft circled the pylons that marked the race course. The crowds usually only saw a portion of the…