Airco DH.2 - "First Ace" Size & Medium:20" x 30" Archival Matte This locomotive was part of

This locomotive was part of the Santa Fe Railway's Class 3450 Hudsons

With the Fokker E

their original 73" drivers were replaced with 79" drivers and the operating boiler pressure was raised to 230 PSI

Most of the flight took place in daylight across the Pacific Ocean

The airplane featured quad Rolls Royce Conway jet engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage

Airco DH.2 - "First Ace" Size & Medium:20" x 30" Archival Matte This locomotive was part ofFirst introduced on the Western front in February 1916, the DH. 2 was the first effectively armed British single seat fighter of the Great War. The aircraft was used effectively to counter the Fokker E. III aircraft which had enjoyed air superiority for a period known as the "Fokker Scourge". With the Fokker E. III, the German Air Force had a machine which was equipped to fire directly through the propeller arc without fear of damaging the propeller