Registration / Serial:NR12265
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Gamma
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Gamma
Aircraft Version:Northrop Gamma 2A
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Garwood Industries
Aircraft Name:Kinjockety III
City / Airport:Detroit - Coleman A Young Municipal (KDET / DET)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:21 August 1934 to 4 September 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:371809Submit Correction
View count: 1593
The first Northrop Gamma, first flown on 3 December 1932. Sold to Texaco for $40,000. As NX12265 Sky Chief flown from Los Angeles to New York in 13 hours and 27 minutes by Frank Hawks. Sold to motorboat builder Gar Wood of Detroit on 21 August 1934. Pilot Joe Jacobson bailed out before NR12265 Kinjockety III exploded over Kansas during the 1936 NY to LA Bendix race. The gas tank stood hazardously close to DET until the 1960s. Photo from: Wayne State University
Registration / Serial:NR12265
Aircraft Version:Northrop Gamma 2A
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Garwood Industries
City / Airport:Detroit - Coleman A Young Municipal (KDET / DET)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:21 August 1934 to 4 September 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NR12265
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Gamma
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Gamma
Aircraft Version:Northrop Gamma 2A
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Garwood Industries
Aircraft Name:Kinjockety III
City / Airport:Detroit - Coleman A Young Municipal (KDET / DET)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:21 August 1934 to 4 September 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:371809Submit Correction
View count: 1593
The first Northrop Gamma, first flown on 3 December 1932. Sold to Texaco for $40,000. As NX12265 Sky Chief flown from Los Angeles to New York in 13 hours and 27 minutes by Frank Hawks. Sold to motorboat builder Gar Wood of Detroit on 21 August 1934. Pilot Joe Jacobson bailed out before NR12265 Kinjockety III exploded over Kansas during the 1936 NY to LA Bendix race. The gas tank stood hazardously close to DET until the 1960s. Photo from: Wayne State University
Registration / Serial:NR12265
Aircraft Version:Northrop Gamma 2A
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Garwood Industries
City / Airport:Detroit - Coleman A Young Municipal (KDET / DET)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:21 August 1934 to 4 September 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive