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<th>Role
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<td><a href="Racing_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Racing aircraft">Racing aircraft</a>
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<th><span class="nowrap">National origin</span>
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<td><a href="United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>
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<th>Manufacturer
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<td><a href="E._M._Laird_Airplane_Company" title="E. M. Laird Airplane Company">E. M. Laird Airplane Company</a>
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<th>Designer
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<td><a href="E._M._Laird" class="mw-redirect" title="E. M. Laird">E. M. Laird</a>
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<th>Introduction
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<td>1930
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<th>Variants
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<td><a href="Laird_Super_Solution" title="Laird Super Solution">Laird Super Solution</a>
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<p>The <b>Laird Solution</b>, also called the <b><a href="Laird_LC-DW_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW Solution">Laird LC-DW Solution</a></b>, <b><a href="Laird_LC-DW300_Super_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution">Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution</a></b> and <b><a href="Laird_LC-DW500_Super_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution">Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution</a></b>, was touted as being the "solution" to the problem of the <a href="Travel_Air_Type_R_Mystery_Ship" title="Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship">Travel Air Mystery Ship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Solution won the 1930 <a href="Thompson_Trophy" title="Thompson Trophy">Thompson Trophy</a> race days.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2></div>
<p>In 1930 <a href="Matty_Laird" class="mw-redirect" title="Matty Laird">Matty Laird</a> was commissioned to build a racing plane based on the Laird Speedwing by <a href="Goodrich_Corporation" title="Goodrich Corporation">B.F. Goodrich's</a> Lee Schoenhair for the 1930 <a href="Thompson_Trophy" title="Thompson Trophy">Thompson Trophy</a> race. Schoenhair backed out of the project, believing the aircraft would not be tested in time. Laird entered the Solution himself in the 1930 Thompson Trophy with <a href="Charles_%22Speed%22_Holman" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles "Speed" Holman">Charles "Speed" Holman</a> as the pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Solution, (registered NR10538), was a <a href="Biplane" title="Biplane">biplane</a> with <a href="Conventional_landing_gear" title="Conventional landing gear">conventional landing gear</a>, having a welded steel fuselage and <a href="Aircraft_fabric_covering" title="Aircraft fabric covering">aircraft fabric covering</a>. The aircraft kept the same registration number NR10538, and was repainted several times from black and gold, white and gold, to lavender and gold.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A second aircraft, (NR12048), powered by a 535 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp was built as the <a href="Laird_LC-DW300_Super_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution">Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution</a>, retaining the fixed undercarriage of the original, for the 1931 Bendix Trophy which it won, piloted by <a href="Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a>. This aircraft was modified with retractable landing gear for the 1932 Bendix Trophy but on a test flight the gear failed to lower and Doolittle was forced to belly land the aircraft, forcing withdrawal from the race.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2></div>
<ul><li>1930 <a href="Thompson_Trophy" title="Thompson Trophy">Thompson Trophy</a> (Solution NR10538) - <a href="Chicago%2C_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> 1 September 1930. Placed first.201.91 kn (374 km/h) for 20 laps<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pilot <a href="Speed_Holman" class="mw-redirect" title="Speed Holman">Speed Holman</a> flew with exhaust gases leaking into the cockpit causing him to pass out several times during the event.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>1931 Thompson Trophy (Solution NR10538) - Sponsored by the Sweet Kiss Tooth Paste Company.</li></ul>
<p>The Laird Solution was restored over a period of seven years and is on display in its Black and Gold paint scheme at the <a href="New_England_Air_Museum" title="New England Air Museum">New England Air Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2></div>
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<dd>Powered by a 300hp <a href="Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-985" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt & Whitney R-985">Pratt & Whitney R-985</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (NR10538), competed in the 1930 and 1931 Thompson trophy races piloted by <a href="%22Speed%22_Holman" class="mw-redirect" title=""Speed" Holman">"Speed" Holman</a> achieving an average speed of 202mph.</dd>
<dt><a href="Laird_LC-DW300_Super_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution">Laird LC-DW300 Super Solution</a></dt>
<dd>A second aircraft, (NR12048), built for Jimmy Doolittle to race in the 1931 <a href="Bendix_Trophy" title="Bendix Trophy">Bendix Trophy</a>, powered by a 535hp supercharged Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Jr.</dd>
<dt><a href="Laird_LC-DW500_Super_Solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution">Laird LC-DW500 Super Solution</a></dt>
<dd>NR12048 modified with retractable undercarriage. Entered in the 1932 Bendix Trophy, but withdrawn after a belly landing due to the landing gear failing to extend forced withdrawal.</dd></dl>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(LC-DW_Solution)">Specifications (LC-DW Solution)</h2></div>
<p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> Skyways, Race to the Wind</p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span>
</p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> one</li>
<li><b>Length:</b> 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)</li>
<li><b>Wingspan:</b> 21 ft (6.4 m)</li>
<li><b>Empty weight:</b> 1,380 lb (626 kg)</li>
<li><b>Powerplant:</b> 1 × <a href="Pratt_%26_Whitney_Wasp_Junior" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior">Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior</a> radial, 470 hp (350 kW)</li>
<li><b>Propellers:</b> 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller</li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span>
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<ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 176 kn (202 mph, 325 km/h) average achieved during races</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Laird LC-AA Commercial</li>
<li><a href="Laird_LC-B" title="Laird LC-B">Laird LC-B</a></li>
<li><a href="Laird_LC-R" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird LC-R">Laird LC-R</a></li>
<li>Laird LC-R200 Speedwing</li>
<li>Laird LC-R300 Speedwing</li>
<li>Laird LC-RW300 Speedwing</li>
<li>Laird LC-RW450 Speedwing</li>
<li>Laird LCW-300 Speedwing</li>
<li>Laird LC-DC Speedwing Junior</li>
<li>Laird LC-DE Speedwing Junior</li>
<li><a href="Laird_LC-EW" title="Laird LC-EW">Laird LC-EW</a></li>
<li><a href="Laird_Super_Solution" title="Laird Super Solution">Laird Super Solution</a></li>
<li>Laird B-3</li>
<li><a href="Laird_B-4" title="Laird B-4">Laird B-4</a></li>
<li>Laird C-6 Special</li>
<li><a href="Laird_Baby_Biplane" title="Laird Baby Biplane">Laird Baby Biplane</a></li>
<li>Laird Derby Racer</li>
<li><a href="Laird-Turner_Meteor_LTR-14" title="Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14">Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14</a></li>
<li>Laird 1912 Monoplane</li>
<li>Laird Limousine</li>
<li>Laird S Sportplane</li>
<li>Laird Standardwing</li>
<li>Laird Swallow</li>
<li>Laird Twin</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Emil_Matthew_Laird" title="Emil Matthew Laird">Emil Matthew Laird</a></li></ul>
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