Ships, Trains & Planes


1932 
Stipa Caproni
Country of Origin: Italy
Seats: 2
Maximum Speed: 81mph

1933 
Gee Bee Model R-1
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 296mph
Range: 925 miles

1933 
Kalinin K 7
Country of Origin: Russia
Seats: 22/128(passenger version)
Cruising Speed: 112mph
Maximum Speed: 207mph
Range: 1883 miles

1934 
Beech Model 17 Staggerwing
Seats: 4-5
Cruising Speed: 185mph
Maximum Speed: 212mph
Range: 1000 miles
  1934 
Hall Aluminum Aircraft PH
Seats: 6
Cruising Speed: 137mph
Maximum Speed: 145mph
Range: 2242 Miles
  1934 
Lockheed Electra 10A
Seats: 12
Cruising Speed: 190mph
Maximum Speed: 202mph
Range: 810 Miles
  1934 
Martin M-130 "China Clipper"
Seats: 52
Cruising Speed: 163mph
Maximum Speed: 180mph
Range: 3500 Miles
  1934 
Rohrbach Cyclogyro
Country of Origin: Germany
Seats: 1-3
Cruising Speed: 105mph
Maximum Speed: 125mph
Range: up to 960 miles,
depending on fuel load

1935
Burnelli UB-14
Seats: 18 (2+ cargo)
Maximum Speed: 225 mph
Range: 1240 Miles

1935
Cievra CL.20 Autogiro
Seats: 2
County of Origin: England
Maximum Speed: 106 mph

1935
Douglas DC3
Seats: 23 (3 + Cargo)
Cruising Speed: 181mph
Maximum Speed: 237mph
Range: 1500 Miles

1935
Hughes H-1 Racer
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 352 mph

1936
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 330 mph
Range: 460 Miles
Armament: 8 Browning .303 Machineguns

1937
B-17 "Flying Fortress"
Seats: 10
Maximum Speed: 287mph
Range: 2000 Miles
Armament: 9x.50 Cal Machineguns, 4,000-pound bomb load, 10x 5in Rockets

1937
Howard DGA-6 "Mr. Mulligan"
Seats: 4-5
Cruising Speed: 191mph
Maximum Speed: 260mph
Range: 1260 Miles

1937
Junkers JU 87 "Stuka"
Seats: 2
County of Origin: Nazi Germany
Maximum Speed: 180mph
Range: 465 Miles
Armament: 4x.31 (front & rear), External bombload

1937
Nakajima B5N2 "Kate"
Seats: 3
County of Origin: Japan
Maximum Speed: 235mph
Range: 1,237 Miles
Armament: 1x.30 cal machine gun (rear), 1x1,764 lb torpedo or bomb weight equivalent

1938
Blohm & Voss BV 141
Seats: 3
County of Origin: Nazi Germany
Maximum Speed: 272mph
Range: 745 Miles
Armament: 2× 7.92mm MG 17 and 2× 7.92mm MG 15 machine guns

1938
Horton Ho III Flying Wing
Seats: 1
County of Origin: Nazi Germany
Maximum Speed: 115mph

1938
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Seats: 1
County of Origin: Nazi Germany
Maximum Speed: 398mph
Range: 528 Miles
Armament: 2×13mm machine guns, 1× 20mm cannon, 4× 110 lb bombs

1938
Supermarine Spitfire
Seats: 1
County of Origin: Great Britain
Maximum Speed: 378mph
Range: 1140 Miles
Armament: 2 × 20mm cannons, 4 × .303 Browning machine guns
  1939 
Boeing B-314
Seats: 74
Cruising Speed: 183mph
Maximum Speed: 193mph
Range: 3500 Miles
  1939 
Fieseler Fi167
Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
Seats: 2
Maximum Speed: 202mph
Range: 932 Miles
Armament: 2x 7.92mm machine guns (front fixed, rear swivel),
one 2204lb bomb, or one 1,687lb torpedo.
  1939 
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 408mph
Range: 500 Miles
Armament: 2× 13mm machine guns,
4× 20 mm cannons
  1939 
Heinkel He 178
Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 435mph
Range: 125 Miles
  1939 
P-38 Lightning
Seats: 1
Maximum Speed: 414mph
Range: 2260 Miles
Armament: 1 20mm cannon,
4x.50 machine guns
1931
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
Complement: 89 Officers + 4 aircraft
Cruising Speed: 56 mph
Maximum Speed: 81 mph
Range: 10,500 Miles
Length: 785 ft.
Armament: 7 Machineguns
1936
Hindenburg
Capacity: 100+Passenegers + Crew
Round Trip Ticket: $700.00
Cruising Speed: 47 mph
Maximum Speed: 84 mph
Range: 10,000 Miles
Length: 804 ft.
Route:

Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey
Frankfurt, Germany.

1883 (1934 shown)
Orient Express
Route:

Orient Express: Paris, Munich, Vienna, Budapest
Simplon Orient Express: Paris, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia, Athens, Istanbul.

1887 (1932 shown)
Illinois Central
Route:

Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans

1929 (1938 shown)
Empire Builder
Route:

Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Fargo, Seattle, Portland

1934
Twentieth Century Limited
Route:

New York, Chicago

1937
822 Streamliner

1937
Broadway Limited
Route:

New York, Philadelphia, Chicago

1938
B.M.T. Bluebird (NYC)
Top Speed: 40mph
Fare: .05
Other Units:
Green Hornet (1934)
Little Zephyr (1934)
[Subway/Elevated Railway Map (512k)]

1939
Exposition Flyer
Route:

Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Fransisco

1939
Greyhound Bus

GMC Silversides design
Route:
Varied, 4,750 Bus Stations
  1914
Burns Philp & Co.
T.S.S. "Marella"
Ports of Call:

Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville, Thursday Island, Darwin, Sourabaya, Samarang, Batavia, Singapore
  1919
American Scantic Line
S.S. "Scanpenn"
Ports of Call:

New York, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Gdynia, Stockholm, Helsinki.
  1922
Khedivial Mail Line (Egypt)
"Mohamed Ali El Kebir"
Ports of Call:

Alexandria, Piraeus, Cyprus, Malta, Marseilles.
  1928
Hamburg-American Line/Hapag
S.S. "St. Louis"
Ports of Call:

New York, Cobh, Galway, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Southampton, Boulogne, Bremen, Hamburg and the Caribbean.
  1930
American South African Line
"City of New York"
Ports of Call:

New York, St. Helena, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Trinidad
  1936
Cunard White Star Ltd
RMS "Queen Mary"
Passenger accommodation:
776 cabin class, 784 tourist class, 579 3rd class
Ports of Call:
New York, Boston, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Greenock, Glasgow, Belfast, Galway, Dublin, Cobh, Liverpool, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Southampton, Le Havre, London
[Deck plans]
  1938
Graf Zeppelin Aircraft Carrier
Crew:
1,720 + 306 flight personnel
Aircraft: (detailed above)
10 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters
20 Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers
20 Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bombers
[Deck plans, 1942, US Military, 225k]
 

U-Boat
Speed: 13 knots surfaced/
              7.4 submerged
Seats: 25
Diving Depth: 250 feet
Range: 1600 Miles
[Deck plans - Type II, 360k]

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