Aircraft Photo of NC837H / 837H | Breese 5 | AirHistory.net #488435
Location
City / Airport:Portland - Swan Island MunicipalMap
Region / Country:Oregon, United States
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:January 1929 to February 1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 488435
Photo Comment

Apparently built in 1929, by which time the Breese company was located around Portland. Reportedly owned by Varney Air Lines which started passenger services from Portland in 1929. Other photos show NC837H damaged at Swan Island after a windstorm in February 1930. There is also information that a Breese prototype, NC534 or NX534, was built for Varney in 1927, but rejected. The Breese 5 is best known for the 1927 Dole Air Race to Hawaii. Photo from: The Oregon Journal / Oregon Historical Society

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