Registration / Serial:NC967Y
Fleet number:1
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas Dolphin
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas Dolphin
Aircraft Version:Douglas Dolphin 1
C/n (msn):999
Operator Titles:Wilmington-Catalina Airline
City / Seaplane Base:Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1931 to April 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:356988Submit Correction
View count: 1282
What a wonderful place! The Wrigley family, the owners of Catalina Island, constructed this little seaplane airport and founded Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931 to fly in tourists from LA. For a literal quick turnaround, a wooden turntable was in use. The company bought the first two Douglas Dolphin amphibians. Its two Loening C-2s, in the background, were sold to Mexico in 1933.
Registration / Serial:NC967Y
Aircraft Version:Douglas Dolphin 1
C/n (msn):999
Operator Titles:Wilmington-Catalina Airline
City / Seaplane Base:Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1931 to April 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NC967Y
Fleet number:1
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas Dolphin
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas Dolphin
Aircraft Version:Douglas Dolphin 1
C/n (msn):999
Operator Titles:Wilmington-Catalina Airline
City / Seaplane Base:Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1931 to April 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:356988Submit Correction
View count: 1282
What a wonderful place! The Wrigley family, the owners of Catalina Island, constructed this little seaplane airport and founded Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931 to fly in tourists from LA. For a literal quick turnaround, a wooden turntable was in use. The company bought the first two Douglas Dolphin amphibians. Its two Loening C-2s, in the background, were sold to Mexico in 1933.
Registration / Serial:NC967Y
Aircraft Version:Douglas Dolphin 1
C/n (msn):999
Operator Titles:Wilmington-Catalina Airline
City / Seaplane Base:Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1931 to April 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact