The annual Military Scale Competition Weekend at Wagga Wagga
![John Kinnane > Loening M-8 Built by Wright-Martin
M-8, M-80, -81 1918 = Army/USN fighter and racer. 2pOmwM; 300hp Wright-Hisso H; span: 32'9" (>35'0") length: 21'6" (>25'0") v: 144/x/58 ceiling: 18,600'. Strut-braced shoulder wing, twin rudders. The first military monoplane in the US; originally designed with two rudders. Altitude record of 21,000 set in 1919 by Maj R W Schroeder. POP: 2 prototypes to Army [AS40121/40122], 1 to USN in 1919 [A5631]. Production contract for 5,000 planes cancelled by the Armistice, but design continued as PW-2.](http://boatin.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Wagga-2006/WW06115/65981997_yGkLH-Ti.jpg "John Kinnane > Loening M-8 Built by Wright-Martin
M-8, M-80, -81 1918 = Army/USN fighter and racer. 2pOmwM; 300hp Wright-Hisso H; span: 32'9\" (>35'0\") length: 21'6\" (>25'0\") v: 144/x/58 ceiling: 18,600'. Strut-braced shoulder wing, twin rudders. The first military monoplane in the US; originally designed with two rudders. Altitude record of 21,000 set in 1919 by Maj R W Schroeder. POP: 2 prototypes to Army [AS40121/40122], 1 to USN in 1919 [A5631]. Production contract for 5,000 planes cancelled by the Armistice, but design continued as PW-2.")
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