Aircraft Photo of NC14267 | Northrop Delta 1D | AirHistory.net #585038
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NC14267
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop Delta
Aircraft Version:Northrop Delta 1D
C/n (msn):42
Location
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: NOP   Other: -
 
Photo Date:28 April 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 585038
Photo Comment

NC14267 was owned by Antarctic explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. When an accident forned the expedition to dock in Hobat, Tasmania, the Australian Government bought the aircraft for use in future Australian expeditions, That did not occur and instead it was used for airways calibration as VH-ADR . Impressed by the RAAF as A61-1 during World War II. Scrapped after an accident in 1943. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

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