Packard Takes Flight

Packard Takes Flight (HM2JGW)

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N 42° 39.688', W 83° 2.273'

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Charles Lindbergh Visits the Proving Grounds

The "Master Motor Builders" at Packard
made some of the world's best engines for both automobiles and aircraft. Packard first manufactured aircraft engines during World War I and continued after that war. Packard used the nearly mile-long infield of the Proving Grounds automotive test-track as a landing strip. Engineers refined the world's first Diesel radial aircraft engine, the DR-980, in the aircraft hangar at the test track and Packard test pilots proved the engine's superior range and safety. On August 15, 1929, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh visited the Proving Grounds for a test-flight of the DR-980 in a Stinson airplane.

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The first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft with a diesel radial engine occurred at the Packard Proving Grounds on September 18, 1928.
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HM NumberHM2JGW
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Placed ByMotorCities National Heritage Area, National Park Service
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Date Added Thursday, August 8th, 2019 at 11:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 332983 N 4725235
Decimal Degrees42.66146667, -83.03788333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 39.688', W 83° 2.273'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 39' 41.28" N, 83° 2' 16.38" W
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