The Timm Aircoach , also called the Timm Coach and the Golden Shell Special , was a custom-built, high-capacity, high altitude aircraft for charter flights.
3-447: The Aircoach was built in a shop at Glendale Airport , where Otto and Wally Timm had a shop. Al Menasco had a shop nearby where he modified engines. The Aircoach used a Menaso modified Salmson engine. The Aircoach was a single engine, conventional landing gear equipped biplane with an open cockpit for two pilots and enclosed passenger cabin. The fuselage was made of welded steel tubing with plywood covering. Roscoe Turner flew
6-651: The central business district of Glendale , a city in Maricopa County, Arizona , United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport . Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA , this airport is assigned GEU by the FAA but has no designation from
9-496: The underpowered Shell Special Golden Shell twice, attempting endurance records. Each flight resulted in damage and the efforts were abandoned. Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, Aerofiles:Timm General characteristics Performance Glendale Airport Glendale Regional Airport ( ICAO : KGEU , FAA LID : GEU ) is a city-owned, public-use airport located 7 miles (6.1 nmi; 11 km) west of
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