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air-cooled radial engine rated at 200 horsepower. After owning the Type A-600-A Beery flew a number of other airplanes including a Howard DGA-11. In 1935 he was com- missioned a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and posted to Naval Reserve Air Base Long Beach, California.
On April 15, 1949, Beery was reading a newspaper in his home in Beverly Hills, California, when he collapsed and died of a heart attack. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. In 1960 Beery was posthumously awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. KA
A well-known publicity photograph of Wallace Beery (left) and Walter Beech standing beside the Type A-6000-A
in December 1928.The Pratt & Whitney “Wasp Jr.” radial engine produced 420 horsepower and was partially enclosed in hand-made fairings to improve overall appearance. (TEXTRON AVIATION)
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