Budd BB-1 Pioneer, NR749N / 1, Franklin Institute Science Musuem
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Registration: NR749N
Construction Number: 1
Model Budd BB-1 Pioneer
Operator: Franklin Institute Science Musuem
Airport: Philadelphia - Franklin Museum, USA - Pennsylvania
Photographer: John Bennett
Date Taken: 10/11/2006
Date Submitted: 01/06/2012
This is the sole example, preserved outside the Franklin Institute Science Musuem in Philadelphia, PA, where it has been since 1935. It is based on the Savoia-Marchetti S56, and was the first amphibious aircraft to be built almost entirely from chromium-nickel stainless steel.
Picture ID:1348159
