26 results found
Registration / Serial:NC9648
Fleet number:606
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-57
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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TWA Tin Goose at Mills Field, now San Francisco International. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC9648
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-57
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9648
Fleet number:606
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-57
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:672959Submit Correction
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TWA Tin Goose at Mills Field, now San Francisco International. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC9648
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-57
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC91207
Fleet number:707
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2583
Operator Titles:(TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air)
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1948 to June 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:671205Submit Correction
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Wearing 'Lockheed Constellation' titles for publicity pictures before delivery to TWA in June 1948. Photo from: Lockheed Martin
Registration / Serial:NC91207
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2583
Operator Titles:(TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air)
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1948 to June 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC91207
Fleet number:707
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2583
Operator Titles:(TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air)
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1948 to June 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:671205Submit Correction
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Wearing 'Lockheed Constellation' titles for publicity pictures before delivery to TWA in June 1948. Photo from: Lockheed Martin
Registration / Serial:NC91207
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2583
Operator Titles:(TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air)
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1948 to June 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:December 1938 to February 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667740Submit Correction
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Another picture of the first DC-2, this time in Kansas City with the Intercity Viaduct in the background. TWA abandoned its slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' in late 1938, and replaced it with 'The Transcontinental Line' titles. The two red tail stripes were introduced earlier. Photo from: Jackson County Historical Society
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:December 1938 to February 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:December 1938 to February 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667740Submit Correction
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Another picture of the first DC-2, this time in Kansas City with the Intercity Viaduct in the background. TWA abandoned its slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' in late 1938, and replaced it with 'The Transcontinental Line' titles. The two red tail stripes were introduced earlier. Photo from: Jackson County Historical Society
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:December 1938 to February 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17317
Fleet number:355
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1932
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667583Submit Correction
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Date 'circa 1938': two DC-2s and two DC-3B Sky Sleepers, with NC17313 on the right, at TWA's Kansas headquarters. Another photos confirms registration NC17317 for fleet number 355. It was delivered in June 1937. The photo was probably taken not long thereafter. NC17317 was impressed as a C-49F, 42-56621. She collided with an impressed DST, ex NC18104 of United, over Camp Williams, Wisconsin on 24 June 1942. The DST survived. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17317
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1932
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17317
Fleet number:355
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1932
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667583Submit Correction
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Date 'circa 1938': two DC-2s and two DC-3B Sky Sleepers, with NC17313 on the right, at TWA's Kansas headquarters. Another photos confirms registration NC17317 for fleet number 355. It was delivered in June 1937. The photo was probably taken not long thereafter. NC17317 was impressed as a C-49F, 42-56621. She collided with an impressed DST, ex NC18104 of United, over Camp Williams, Wisconsin on 24 June 1942. The DST survived. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17317
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1932
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17313
Fleet number:351
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1923
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667559Submit Correction
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TWA had its headquarters in Kansas City. This is Hangar 1 at KMKC, now home to the TWA Museum. Maintenance moved to the B-25 plant in Fairfax, across the Missouri River, after WWII, but a flood destroyed that and the Kansas City Overhaul Base was built adjacent to what became Kansas City International Airport (KMCI). Here we see two DC-3B Sky Sleepers, the second being NC17317. They were delivered in mid-1937 and do not yet wear the slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' which disappeared again from late 1938. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17313
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1923
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17313
Fleet number:351
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1923
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667559Submit Correction
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TWA had its headquarters in Kansas City. This is Hangar 1 at KMKC, now home to the TWA Museum. Maintenance moved to the B-25 plant in Fairfax, across the Missouri River, after WWII, but a flood destroyed that and the Kansas City Overhaul Base was built adjacent to what became Kansas City International Airport (KMCI). Here we see two DC-3B Sky Sleepers, the second being NC17317. They were delivered in mid-1937 and do not yet wear the slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' which disappeared again from late 1938. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17313
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1923
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:June 1937 to December 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667329Submit Correction
View count: 190
The first DC-2, registered in 1934. Foster Lane established the Port Columbus Flying School in 1935 and based himself in the TWA hangar. The front of the hangar originally carried the logo of TWA predecessor TAT, which was restored circa 2016, but what does it say here? NC13711 sold to Royal Air Force in 1941 as DG477 but by then it wore TWA scheme with two red tail stripes. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:667329Submit Correction
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The first DC-2, registered in 1934. Foster Lane established the Port Columbus Flying School in 1935 and based himself in the TWA hangar. The front of the hangar originally carried the logo of TWA predecessor TAT, which was restored circa 2016, but what does it say here? NC13711 sold to Royal Air Force in 1941 as DG477 but by then it wore TWA scheme with two red tail stripes. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC19908
Fleet number:403
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Aircraft Version:Boeing 307B Stratoliner
C/n (msn):2000
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:May 1940 to December 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:637126Submit Correction
View count: 144
Name Apache not initially applied. Photo taken before TWA's five Stratoliners were withdrawn from LA - NY route on 24 December 1941 to be operated on behalf of the USAAF. NC19908 was the first Stratoliner to land in Britain in April 1942.. Operated again by TWA from 1944 until 1948, then to Aigle Azur as F-BELY. Operated in war-torn Southeast Asia for many years. Last reg XW-PGR of Royal Air Lao. Damaged in a collision with a C-47 at Luang Prabang in February 1972 and scrapped due to lack of spares. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC19908
Aircraft Version:Boeing 307B Stratoliner
C/n (msn):2000
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:May 1940 to December 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC19908
Fleet number:403
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Aircraft Version:Boeing 307B Stratoliner
C/n (msn):2000
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:May 1940 to December 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:637126Submit Correction
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Name Apache not initially applied. Photo taken before TWA's five Stratoliners were withdrawn from LA - NY route on 24 December 1941 to be operated on behalf of the USAAF. NC19908 was the first Stratoliner to land in Britain in April 1942.. Operated again by TWA from 1944 until 1948, then to Aigle Azur as F-BELY. Operated in war-torn Southeast Asia for many years. Last reg XW-PGR of Royal Air Lao. Damaged in a collision with a C-47 at Luang Prabang in February 1972 and scrapped due to lack of spares. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC19908
Aircraft Version:Boeing 307B Stratoliner
C/n (msn):2000
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (KBOS / BOS)Map
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:May 1940 to December 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13718
Fleet number:308
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1244
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1938 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589855Submit Correction
View count: 195
Why the interest in the DC-3 is not explained but Boulder City was the last stop before Burbank (Hollywood) for TWA's transcontinental flights from New York. It would have been popular service for Hollywood's stars. NC13718 was bought by the British Purchasing Commission during World War II and used by the RAF as DG471. Crashed in October 1941. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13718
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1244
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1938 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13718
Fleet number:308
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1244
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1938 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589855Submit Correction
View count: 195
Why the interest in the DC-3 is not explained but Boulder City was the last stop before Burbank (Hollywood) for TWA's transcontinental flights from New York. It would have been popular service for Hollywood's stars. NC13718 was bought by the British Purchasing Commission during World War II and used by the RAF as DG471. Crashed in October 1941. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13718
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1244
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1938 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17318
Fleet number:356
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1933
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:July 1937 to December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589540Submit Correction
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To the USAAF in 1942. Returned to TWA after World War II and remained with the airline until 1952. Then had a variety of operators until cancelled in 1975. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC17318
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1933
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:July 1937 to December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17318
Fleet number:356
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1933
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:July 1937 to December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589540Submit Correction
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To the USAAF in 1942. Returned to TWA after World War II and remained with the airline until 1952. Then had a variety of operators until cancelled in 1975. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC17318
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1933
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:July 1937 to December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589325Submit Correction
View count: 209
NC13711 was the first DC-2. It is not the DC-2 presently registered N13711 which is c/n 1368. The DC-2 in the photo was acquired by the British Purchasing Commission in 1941 and delivered to the RAF as DG477 for service in Iraq and later India. Scrapped in 1947. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Fleet number:301
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:589325Submit Correction
View count: 209
NC13711 was the first DC-2. It is not the DC-2 presently registered N13711 which is c/n 1368. The DC-2 in the photo was acquired by the British Purchasing Commission in 1941 and delivered to the RAF as DG477 for service in Iraq and later India. Scrapped in 1947. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13711
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1237
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1935 to 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13786
Fleet number:324
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1296
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:31 January 1935 to 3 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:588825Submit Correction
View count: 168
Crashed Pittsburgh on April 3, 1940. The old Boulder City airport was busy during the construction of the nearby Hoover Dam. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13786
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1296
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:31 January 1935 to 3 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC13786
Fleet number:324
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1296
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:31 January 1935 to 3 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:588825Submit Correction
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Crashed Pittsburgh on April 3, 1940. The old Boulder City airport was busy during the construction of the nearby Hoover Dam. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Registration / Serial:NC13786
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1296
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Boulder City (closed)
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:31 January 1935 to 3 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Fleet number:350
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:April 1937 to September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:556737Submit Correction
View count: 388
Hybrid DST/DC-3 over the Hoover Dam which was completed in 1935. The highway over the dam still looks incomplete. TWA's transcontinental route called at nearby Boulder City, rather than Las Vegas. Photo from: Life
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:April 1937 to September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Fleet number:350
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:April 1937 to September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:556737Submit Correction
View count: 388
Hybrid DST/DC-3 over the Hoover Dam which was completed in 1935. The highway over the dam still looks incomplete. TWA's transcontinental route called at nearby Boulder City, rather than Las Vegas. Photo from: Life
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:April 1937 to September 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Fleet number:372
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:439945Submit Correction
View count: 320
NC17322 some time after its visit to Canada. The slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' and horizontal stripes on the tailfin have been added to the livery. Crashed in 1944. Photo from: Albuquerque Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Fleet number:372
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:1939
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NC17322 some time after its visit to Canada. The slogan 'The Lindbergh Line' and horizontal stripes on the tailfin have been added to the livery. Crashed in 1944. Photo from: Albuquerque Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Fleet number:372
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Area:Zenda [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:September 1937
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The DC-3 was a largish airliner in the 1930s but it could still be landed in any large field. Zenda is a hamlet in Ontario, named for the 1894 Anthony Hope Hawkins novel The Prisoner of Zenda. When the book was filmed in 1937, twelve inhabitants - said to be the entire population - were flown to the movie's New York premiere. Tilsonburg (CYTB) is near Zenda but dates from WWII. Photo from: Life
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Area:Zenda [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Fleet number:372
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Area:Zenda [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:September 1937
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The DC-3 was a largish airliner in the 1930s but it could still be landed in any large field. Zenda is a hamlet in Ontario, named for the 1894 Anthony Hope Hawkins novel The Prisoner of Zenda. When the book was filmed in 1937, twelve inhabitants - said to be the entire population - were flown to the movie's New York premiere. Tilsonburg (CYTB) is near Zenda but dates from WWII. Photo from: Life
Registration / Serial:NC17322
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1968
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Area:Zenda [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:September 1937
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Registration / Serial:NC12283
Fleet number:258
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 9 Orion
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 9 Orion
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 9E Orion
C/n (msn):195
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1933 to 8 February 1935
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The age of the mono-mailplane! On the right is a Northrop Alpha 4A, NC933Y, with Quality Hill in Kansas City in the background. NC12283 was delivered to TWA in May 1933. In 1935, after an accident, the Babb company rebuilt it, against the manufacturer's advice, with a Lockheed Explorer wing for Wiley Post. The hybrid, NR12283, crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska on 15 August 1935, taking the lives of Post and actor Will Rogers. Photo from: Jackson County Historical Society
Registration / Serial:NC12283
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 9E Orion
C/n (msn):195
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1933 to 8 February 1935
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Registration / Serial:NC12283
Fleet number:258
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 9 Orion
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 9 Orion
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 9E Orion
C/n (msn):195
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1933 to 8 February 1935
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The age of the mono-mailplane! On the right is a Northrop Alpha 4A, NC933Y, with Quality Hill in Kansas City in the background. NC12283 was delivered to TWA in May 1933. In 1935, after an accident, the Babb company rebuilt it, against the manufacturer's advice, with a Lockheed Explorer wing for Wiley Post. The hybrid, NR12283, crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska on 15 August 1935, taking the lives of Post and actor Will Rogers. Photo from: Jackson County Historical Society
Registration / Serial:NC12283
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 9E Orion
C/n (msn):195
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler Downtown (KMKC / MKC)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:1 December 1933 to 8 February 1935
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Registration / Serial:NC17323
Fleet number:373
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1969
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:August 1937 to December 1939
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Photo ID:340555Submit Correction
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Twelve TWA DC-3s and DC-2s lined up. The second DC-3 is NC17321. All seem to wear the slogan "The Lindbergh Line', which was done away with from late 1938. Newark, 'the first major airport in the New York area', was the world's busiest in the late 1930s. However, in a quarrel over costs the airlines all moved to La Guardia in 1940 and the huge new hangar in the background, sized for the DC-4(E), was leased to the Brewster aircraft company. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:NC17323
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1969
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:August 1937 to December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17323
Fleet number:373
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1969
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:August 1937 to December 1939
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Twelve TWA DC-3s and DC-2s lined up. The second DC-3 is NC17321. All seem to wear the slogan "The Lindbergh Line', which was done away with from late 1938. Newark, 'the first major airport in the New York area', was the world's busiest in the late 1930s. However, in a quarrel over costs the airlines all moved to La Guardia in 1940 and the huge new hangar in the background, sized for the DC-4(E), was leased to the Brewster aircraft company. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:NC17323
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209
C/n (msn):1969
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Newark - Liberty International (KEWR / EWR)Map
Region / Country:New Jersey, United States
Photo Date:August 1937 to December 1939
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Registration / Serial:NX223Y
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-1-109
C/n (msn):1137
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1933
Photo from:Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact
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The forerunner of all Douglas Commercials. The sole DC-1 on the day of its first flight from Santa Monica - 1 July 1933. Note the initial aerodynamic strut between fuselage and engine cowling - soon deleted. At date of image, the aircraft was owned by Douglas Aircraft. Quickly passed to TWA for airline tests. Photo: Douglas Corporation.
Registration / Serial:NX223Y
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-1-109
C/n (msn):1137
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1933
Photo from:Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NX223Y
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-1-109
C/n (msn):1137
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1933
Photo from:Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact
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The forerunner of all Douglas Commercials. The sole DC-1 on the day of its first flight from Santa Monica - 1 July 1933. Note the initial aerodynamic strut between fuselage and engine cowling - soon deleted. At date of image, the aircraft was owned by Douglas Aircraft. Quickly passed to TWA for airline tests. Photo: Douglas Corporation.
Registration / Serial:NX223Y
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-1-109
C/n (msn):1137
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1933
Photo from:Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NX12292
Alternate Registration:X12292
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Version:Northrop Delta 1A
C/n (msn):3
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1933 to 10 November 1933
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Photo ID:284533Submit Correction
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One of the few Deltas delivered to airlines, this example was leased to TWA as a mailplane. It crashed in New Mexico on 10 November 1933. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NX12292
Alternate Registration:X12292
Aircraft Version:Northrop Delta 1A
C/n (msn):3
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1933 to 10 November 1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NX12292
Alternate Registration:X12292
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Version:Northrop Delta 1A
C/n (msn):3
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1933 to 10 November 1933
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One of the few Deltas delivered to airlines, this example was leased to TWA as a mailplane. It crashed in New Mexico on 10 November 1933. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NX12292
Alternate Registration:X12292
Aircraft Version:Northrop Delta 1A
C/n (msn):3
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1933 to 10 November 1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1937
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Photo ID:246953Submit Correction
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Clearly an advertising shoot with daisy-fresh 'overnight passengers' disembarking from a TWA 'Luxury Sky-Sleeper'. Although the 'widebody' DC-3 was expensively redesigned from the DC-2 as a sleeper plane, it never became popular as such. TWA's DC-3B already had a smaller, convertible sleeper cabin, with fewer upper windows than the original DST. NC17312 was commandeered by the USAAF as a C-84, but returned to TWA in 1943. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1937
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Clearly an advertising shoot with daisy-fresh 'overnight passengers' disembarking from a TWA 'Luxury Sky-Sleeper'. Although the 'widebody' DC-3 was expensively redesigned from the DC-2 as a sleeper plane, it never became popular as such. TWA's DC-3B already had a smaller, convertible sleeper cabin, with fewer upper windows than the original DST. NC17312 was commandeered by the USAAF as a C-84, but returned to TWA in 1943. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC17312
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):1922
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1937
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Registration / Serial:NC13211
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated Fleetster
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated Fleetster
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 20-A Fleetster
C/n (msn):4
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1932
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
Photo ID:233684Submit Correction
View count: 1238
Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
Registration / Serial:NC13211
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 20-A Fleetster
C/n (msn):4
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1932
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
Registration / Serial:NC13211
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated Fleetster
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated Fleetster
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 20-A Fleetster
C/n (msn):4
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1932
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact
Photo ID:233684Submit Correction
View count: 1238
Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
Registration / Serial:NC13211
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 20-A Fleetster
C/n (msn):4
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:1932
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact