Bellanca TES
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TypeDistance record aircraft
Designer
Statuscrashed
| TES/Blue Streak | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Distance record aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Bellanca Aircraft Corporation |
| Designer | |
| Status | crashed |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Retired | 1931 |
The Bellanca TES (Tandem Experimental Sesquiplane) or Blue Streak was a push-pull sesquiplane aircraft designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca in 1929 for the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokyo.[1]
In 1930 it was refitted with two 600 hp Curtiss Conqueror engines and reinforced for the Chicago Daily News as a cargo plane named The Blue Streak. The aircraft crashed on 26 May, 1931 when the rear propeller driveshaft broke due to vibration and all four on board lost their lives.
