Registered in June 1934 to the Evening News Association and operated by The Detroit News. A radio reporter could broadcast from inside the aircraft and there was a camera installed in the fairing on the left wing (visible by the man wearing a trilby hat). The Orion was commandeered in 1942 by the Defense Supplies Corp as UC-85 serial 42-62601. Released in 1944 and restored as NC799W, it was scrapped after an accident in November 1947 at Los Angeles. Photograph taken by William H Engle Photo from: William Engle (son of the photographer) via Tim Martin

The Aeronca LW was the prototype of the L-series and originally had a 2-cylinder 40hp Aeronca E-113-C engine, with which it was painfully under-powered. It was replaced by a 5-cylinder 60hp LeBlond 60 engine, as here. Registered as above in 1935 and the first four characters are visible under the wing. Fate unknown. Photograph taken by William H Engle Photo from: William Engle (son of the photographer) via Tim Martin

Built in 1934 and registered NR2111 on 28 August 1935 in time for the Bendix Intercontinental Race, in which it placed 3rd. Bought by Continental Airlines on 24 July 1942 for use as an executive aircraft. Sold once more to the U.S. Army Engineers on 26 October 1942 as a support aircraft on the wartime Canol oil pipeline construction project. Final fate unknown. The print has a photo-lab date stamp of 'Sep 11 1935' and was taken by William H Engle who later became Chief Test Pilot for the Fleetwing Sophomore (Photo ID: 40876). Photo from: William Engle (son of the photographer) via Tim Martin