Operator given as 'New York and Chicago Airways'. Pilot named as Joseph R James. Date approximate. A 22 August 1932 newspaper snippet reports an arrival here: 'New York to Chicago Airways Flamingo with six passengers from Chicago.' Other photos show this plane with titles of United Air Services, which had a hangar here at Floyd Bennett Field. The Golden Years register lists (first) owner as Embry Riddle Co which merged with AVCO in 1929. NC656E had a mishap in Indiana in AVCO service in November 1930. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Also known as a Ryan Flamingo. Was flown by Jimmie Angel who discovered the world's highest waterfall at Churun Meru in Venezuela (named Angel Falls after him) in 1933. He returned in 1937 with his wife and two passengers and landed on Auyantepui, a table mountain, where the plane nosed into the marshy ground. The four made their way back to civilization in 11 days, but it remained there for 33 years until the Venezuelan Air Force recovered and restored it. It is preserved as a national monument at Ciudad Bolivar Airport. Looks like they were still assembling it when the photo was taken.