2 results found
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 351 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 351 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Flagship Chicago's New Century |
| City / Area: | Chicago / Congress Plaza Garden [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 394037Submit Correction |
| View count: | 733 |
'Set up in the Congress Street Plaza on Chicago's Michigan Avenue as part of the city's observation of Aviation Week.' This aircraft's name is given elsewhere as Flagship Missouri. It crashed in Tennessee in 1943. Photo from: Hagley Museum and Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Area: | Chicago / Congress Plaza Garden [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Flagship Chicago's New Century |
| City / Area: | Chicago / Congress Plaza Garden [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 394037Submit Correction |
| View count: | 733 |
'Set up in the Congress Street Plaza on Chicago's Michigan Avenue as part of the city's observation of Aviation Week.' This aircraft's name is given elsewhere as Flagship Missouri. It crashed in Tennessee in 1943. Photo from: Hagley Museum and Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Area: | Chicago / Congress Plaza Garden [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |