17 results found
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:6 November 2010
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Photo ID:660159Submit Correction
View count: 82
Registration / Serial:N7550
Alternate Registration:NC7550
Aircraft Version:Stearman C3B
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:6 November 2010
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:6 November 2010
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Photo ID:660159Submit Correction
View count: 82
Registration / Serial:N7550
Alternate Registration:NC7550
Aircraft Version:Stearman C3B
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:6 November 2010
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:19 September 2019
Photo by:André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact
Photo ID:608996Submit Correction
View count: 203
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 2019
Photo by:André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:19 September 2019
Photo by:André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact
Photo ID:608996Submit Correction
View count: 203
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:19 September 2019
Photo by:André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:588596Submit Correction
View count: 613
Registration cancelled in 1932. Anderson Field was the first airport at Las Vegas. Known as Rockwell Field after a change of ownership. Airport closed by 1930. Western Air Express moved its services to what is now Nellis AFB but was then a private airport owned at one stage by the airline. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC8047
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1006
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:588596Submit Correction
View count: 613
Registration cancelled in 1932. Anderson Field was the first airport at Las Vegas. Known as Rockwell Field after a change of ownership. Airport closed by 1930. Western Air Express moved its services to what is now Nellis AFB but was then a private airport owned at one stage by the airline. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC8047
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1006
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC843W
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.11 (B.IV)
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.11
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.11AHB
Manufacturers:Fokker / Atlantic
C/n (msn):905
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:1929 to 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:562499Submit Correction
View count: 264
Despite two prominent private customers, Harold Vanderbilt and speedboat magnate Garfield Wood, the six-passenger F-11 flying boat was not very successful. This airframe was tested by the US Army as the YC-16. Here it is seen wearing Western Air Express markings. WAE was affiliated with the American Fokker company and may have considered it for its seaplane service to Catalina Island, but WAE never operated the aircraft. Location thought to be the Teterboro factory airfield. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
Registration / Serial:NC843W
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.11AHB
C/n (msn):905
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:1929 to 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC843W
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.11 (B.IV)
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.11
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.11AHB
Manufacturers:Fokker / Atlantic
C/n (msn):905
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:1929 to 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:562499Submit Correction
View count: 264
Despite two prominent private customers, Harold Vanderbilt and speedboat magnate Garfield Wood, the six-passenger F-11 flying boat was not very successful. This airframe was tested by the US Army as the YC-16. Here it is seen wearing Western Air Express markings. WAE was affiliated with the American Fokker company and may have considered it for its seaplane service to Catalina Island, but WAE never operated the aircraft. Location thought to be the Teterboro factory airfield. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
Registration / Serial:NC843W
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.11AHB
C/n (msn):905
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:1929 to 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1928 to April 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:502347Submit Correction
View count: 243
The route Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland is marked on the fuselage. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC4458
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1000
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1928 to April 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1928 to April 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:502347Submit Correction
View count: 243
The route Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland is marked on the fuselage. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC4458
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1000
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1928 to April 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC334N
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.32
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.32
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1204
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Promotional Titles:Fox Flying House Party
City / Airport:Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:417880Submit Correction
View count: 690
The Rocky Mountains dwarfing the large Fokker F.32 during a 'New York to Hollywood' flight - Anthony Fokker made some fanfare around the delivery of two F.32s for WAE. A dance troupe was carried - NC333N wore different 'Fox-Fanchon & Marco Flying House Party' titles. These were the only two F.32 airframes to see airline service, and then only briefly. Not only did the Depression kick in, the type was badly underpowered even if the two pusher engines weren't overheating. Photo from: Pikes Peak Library District
Registration / Serial:NC334N
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1204
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC334N
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.32
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.32
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1204
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Promotional Titles:Fox Flying House Party
City / Airport:Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:417880Submit Correction
View count: 690
The Rocky Mountains dwarfing the large Fokker F.32 during a 'New York to Hollywood' flight - Anthony Fokker made some fanfare around the delivery of two F.32s for WAE. A dance troupe was carried - NC333N wore different 'Fox-Fanchon & Marco Flying House Party' titles. These were the only two F.32 airframes to see airline service, and then only briefly. Not only did the Depression kick in, the type was badly underpowered even if the two pusher engines weren't overheating. Photo from: Pikes Peak Library District
Registration / Serial:NC334N
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1204
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:7 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9773
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Loening C-2 Air Yacht
Aircraft Generic Type:Loening C-2 Air Yacht
Aircraft Version:Loening C-2H Air Yacht
C/n (msn):220
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:387241Submit Correction
View count: 488
Any self-respecting US millionaire owned an 'air yacht', but the C-2 Air Yacht was sometimes used as an airliner, Western Air Express flying it between LA and Catalina Island. This service was taken over by Wilmington-Catalina Airline in June 1931 - see photo 356988. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC9773
Aircraft Version:Loening C-2H Air Yacht
C/n (msn):220
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9773
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Loening C-2 Air Yacht
Aircraft Generic Type:Loening C-2 Air Yacht
Aircraft Version:Loening C-2H Air Yacht
C/n (msn):220
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:387241Submit Correction
View count: 488
Any self-respecting US millionaire owned an 'air yacht', but the C-2 Air Yacht was sometimes used as an airliner, Western Air Express flying it between LA and Catalina Island. This service was taken over by Wilmington-Catalina Airline in June 1931 - see photo 356988. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC9773
Aircraft Version:Loening C-2H Air Yacht
C/n (msn):220
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:367612Submit Correction
View count: 1145
At the short-lived Alhambra airport near LA, which cost WAE $2 million to develop according to the press. The terminal was inaugurated in April 1930 and airline operations already ceased one year later. According to ASN this F.10 crashed here on 22 December 1930. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC5170
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1001
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:367612Submit Correction
View count: 1145
At the short-lived Alhambra airport near LA, which cost WAE $2 million to develop according to the press. The terminal was inaugurated in April 1930 and airline operations already ceased one year later. According to ASN this F.10 crashed here on 22 December 1930. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC5170
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1001
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:5 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:351541Submit Correction
View count: 927
On display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. This aircraft was originally built as an M-4 but later reconfigured as an M-2. The type was extensively used by Western Air Express to carry mail over the Contract Air Mail Route 4 (CAM-4) between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The M-2 could carry up to 1,000 pounds of mail in its forward compartment.
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:5 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:5 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:351541Submit Correction
View count: 927
On display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. This aircraft was originally built as an M-4 but later reconfigured as an M-2. The type was extensively used by Western Air Express to carry mail over the Contract Air Mail Route 4 (CAM-4) between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The M-2 could carry up to 1,000 pounds of mail in its forward compartment.
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:5 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:301812Submit Correction
View count: 1328
Western Air Express was the launch customer for the Fokker F.10, an enlarged F.VII (Roman numerals done away with for the American Fokker types). Fleet number painted as 'No 105' underneath tailplane. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC8047
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1006
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:301812Submit Correction
View count: 1328
Western Air Express was the launch customer for the Fokker F.10, an enlarged F.VII (Roman numerals done away with for the American Fokker types). Fleet number painted as 'No 105' underneath tailplane. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC8047
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1006
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:16 April 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:300687Submit Correction
View count: 2224
The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC999E
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10a
C/n (msn):1063
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:300687Submit Correction
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The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
Registration / Serial:NC999E
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10a
C/n (msn):1063
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Alhambra (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:6 March 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:8 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
Photo ID:240621Submit Correction
View count: 874
previously NC1475
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:8 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas M-1 Mail Plane
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
Photo Date:8 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
Photo ID:240621Submit Correction
View count: 874
previously NC1475
Registration / Serial:N150
Alternate Registration:C150
Aircraft Version:Douglas M-2 Mail Plane
C/n (msn):244
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:8 October 2015
Photo by:PhilContact
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
Photo ID:236157Submit Correction
View count: 1029
From Western Air Lines archives. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
Registration / Serial:NC4458
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1000
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
Photo ID:236157Submit Correction
View count: 1029
From Western Air Lines archives. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
Registration / Serial:NC4458
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.10
C/n (msn):1000
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:17 May 1989
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:172366Submit Correction
View count: 460
1928-built Stearman C3B three-seat biplane powered by a Wright J5. Adapted to carry mail in the front two-seat compartment. Painted to represent use by Western Air Express on route C.A.M. 12.
Registration / Serial:N7550
Alternate Registration:NC7550
Aircraft Version:Stearman C3B
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1989
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:17 May 1989
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:172366Submit Correction
View count: 460
1928-built Stearman C3B three-seat biplane powered by a Wright J5. Adapted to carry mail in the front two-seat compartment. Painted to represent use by Western Air Express on route C.A.M. 12.
Registration / Serial:N7550
Alternate Registration:NC7550
Aircraft Version:Stearman C3B
C/n (msn):166
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1989
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1930 to October 1930
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:126679Submit Correction
View count: 1254
Starting its engines while parked near Oakland's Hangar No.1 and Hangar No.2. Registration is uncertain. Must be either NC333N or NC334N, and the former reg appears to show on the fin. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC333N
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1203
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1930 to October 1930
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1930 to October 1930
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:126679Submit Correction
View count: 1254
Starting its engines while parked near Oakland's Hangar No.1 and Hangar No.2. Registration is uncertain. Must be either NC333N or NC334N, and the former reg appears to show on the fin. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC333N
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.32
C/n (msn):1203
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:April 1930 to October 1930
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
City / Airport:Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:August 1982
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:12528Submit Correction
View count: 767
Acquired by the Museum of Flight from the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation the year before, and seen here tucked at the back of the hangar, quietly undergoing a 13 year restoration.
Registration / Serial:N13347
Alternate Registration:NC13347
Aircraft Version:Boeing 247D
C/n (msn):1729
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:August 1982
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
City / Airport:Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:Museum of Flight
Photo Date:August 1982
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:12528Submit Correction
View count: 767
Acquired by the Museum of Flight from the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation the year before, and seen here tucked at the back of the hangar, quietly undergoing a 13 year restoration.
Registration / Serial:N13347
Alternate Registration:NC13347
Aircraft Version:Boeing 247D
C/n (msn):1729
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:August 1982
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:NC4897
Alternate Registration:4897
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 3 Air Express
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 3 Air Express
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 3 Air Express
C/n (msn):5
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID:9243Submit Correction
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This aircraft was the second of seven Air Expresses to be built. It carried four or five passengers and mails. Later to NC7955. Photo obtained from Lockheed.
Registration / Serial:NC4897
Alternate Registration:4897
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 3 Air Express
C/n (msn):5
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Registration / Serial:NC4897
Alternate Registration:4897
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 3 Air Express
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 3 Air Express
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 3 Air Express
C/n (msn):5
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID:9243Submit Correction
View count: 876
This aircraft was the second of seven Air Expresses to be built. It carried four or five passengers and mails. Later to NC7955. Photo obtained from Lockheed.
Registration / Serial:NC4897
Alternate Registration:4897
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 3 Air Express
C/n (msn):5
Operator Titles:Western Air Express
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1928
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection