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Registration / Serial:32-232
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed Altair
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Altair
Aircraft Version:Lockheed C-23 Altair
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:Bolling Field Detachment
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933 to 1935
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Photo ID:671020Submit Correction
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This aircraft was originally the sole DL-2, a Sirius with a metal fuselage built in Detroit. By April 1931 it was converted to DL-2A Altair with retractable gear, and delivered to the US Army as the Y1C-23, a fast VIP transport often flown by Ira Eaker. Initially it still wore civil reg NR8494. Here it is seen wearing Bolling Field insignia and simplified designation C-23 just behind the cowling, which should date the photo between 1933 and 1935. It seems that the Secretary of War's flag was painted on the starboard side. Following a gear-up landing it was rebuilt and repainted in light blue in 1935. Condemned to ground instructional airframe following another belly landing with jammed gear in April 1938. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:32-232
Aircraft Version:Lockheed C-23 Altair
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933 to 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:32-232
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed Altair
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Altair
Aircraft Version:Lockheed C-23 Altair
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:Bolling Field Detachment
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933 to 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:671020Submit Correction
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This aircraft was originally the sole DL-2, a Sirius with a metal fuselage built in Detroit. By April 1931 it was converted to DL-2A Altair with retractable gear, and delivered to the US Army as the Y1C-23, a fast VIP transport often flown by Ira Eaker. Initially it still wore civil reg NR8494. Here it is seen wearing Bolling Field insignia and simplified designation C-23 just behind the cowling, which should date the photo between 1933 and 1935. It seems that the Secretary of War's flag was painted on the starboard side. Following a gear-up landing it was rebuilt and repainted in light blue in 1935. Condemned to ground instructional airframe following another belly landing with jammed gear in April 1938. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:32-232
Aircraft Version:Lockheed C-23 Altair
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933 to 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:42-13570
Alternate Serial:213570
Military Code:BM-570
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Aircraft Version:Convair XB-36 Peacemaker
C/n (msn):42-13570
City / Airport:Fort Worth - NAS JRB / Carswell Field (KFWH / FWH / NFW)Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:1950
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This is the first B-36, first flown on 8 August 1946. The beast had unprecedented wheel pressure and the XB-36 is seen here fitted with tracked landing gear units which should allow the Peacemaker to bomb Russia from polar forward airfields. The XB-36 really made one flight with this gear before the idea was abandoned. Later the aircraft was used for research into a nuclear-powered B-36 variant. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:42-13570
Alternate Serial:213570
Aircraft Version:Convair XB-36 Peacemaker
C/n (msn):42-13570
City / Airport:Fort Worth - NAS JRB / Carswell Field (KFWH / FWH / NFW)Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:42-13570
Alternate Serial:213570
Military Code:BM-570
Aircraft Original Type:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Aircraft Version:Convair XB-36 Peacemaker
C/n (msn):42-13570
City / Airport:Fort Worth - NAS JRB / Carswell Field (KFWH / FWH / NFW)Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:1950
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This is the first B-36, first flown on 8 August 1946. The beast had unprecedented wheel pressure and the XB-36 is seen here fitted with tracked landing gear units which should allow the Peacemaker to bomb Russia from polar forward airfields. The XB-36 really made one flight with this gear before the idea was abandoned. Later the aircraft was used for research into a nuclear-powered B-36 variant. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:42-13570
Alternate Serial:213570
Aircraft Version:Convair XB-36 Peacemaker
C/n (msn):42-13570
City / Airport:Fort Worth - NAS JRB / Carswell Field (KFWH / FWH / NFW)Map
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Photo Date:1950
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City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:22 September 1931
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Photo ID:670615Submit Correction
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The Atlantic Fokker F.14 was a different aircraft from the Dutch Fokker F.XIV, having a parasol wing and cockpit aft of the cabin. The US Army placed a large order for 20 examples in 1931. These Y1C-14 aircraft were distributed over various airfields. The Y1 prefix, dropped in 1933, stood for 'funding from outside normal fiscal year procurement'. This airframe, 31-400, was fitted with the latest R-1820 Cyclone engine for evaluation at Wright Field, designated (Y1)C-14A. Dutch sources give construction number 1820. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:31-400
Alternate Serial:AC31-400
Aircraft Version:Fokker Y1C-14A
C/n (msn):1434
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:22 September 1931
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City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:22 September 1931
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Photo ID:670615Submit Correction
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The Atlantic Fokker F.14 was a different aircraft from the Dutch Fokker F.XIV, having a parasol wing and cockpit aft of the cabin. The US Army placed a large order for 20 examples in 1931. These Y1C-14 aircraft were distributed over various airfields. The Y1 prefix, dropped in 1933, stood for 'funding from outside normal fiscal year procurement'. This airframe, 31-400, was fitted with the latest R-1820 Cyclone engine for evaluation at Wright Field, designated (Y1)C-14A. Dutch sources give construction number 1820. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:31-400
Alternate Serial:AC31-400
Aircraft Version:Fokker Y1C-14A
C/n (msn):1434
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:22 September 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:27 November 1962
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Photo ID:670608Submit Correction
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Rollout of the 727 prototype which first flew on 9 February 1963. The airframe saw no less than 27 years of airline service with United. It was given back to Boeing for display at the Museum of Flight. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:N7001U
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):18293 / 1
Operator Titles:Boeing
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:27 November 1962
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:27 November 1962
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Photo ID:670608Submit Correction
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Rollout of the 727 prototype which first flew on 9 February 1963. The airframe saw no less than 27 years of airline service with United. It was given back to Boeing for display at the Museum of Flight. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:N7001U
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):18293 / 1
Operator Titles:Boeing
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:27 November 1962
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Registration / Serial:NC90423
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18392
Operator Titles:American Airlines System
Aircraft Name:Flagship Washington
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:December 1945 to December 1954
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Ex 43-17192, this early civil Skymaster was NX90423 for a while and is seen flying near Floyd Bennett Field here, with the bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula at the top of the photo. In updated AA paint scheme as N90423 by 1954. Later served with Flying Tiger Line and with Taxader in Colombia as HK-1027. Wrecked in a ground fire at Cartagena (SKCG) in 1973. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC90423
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18392
Operator Titles:American Airlines System
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:December 1945 to December 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC90423
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18392
Operator Titles:American Airlines System
Aircraft Name:Flagship Washington
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:December 1945 to December 1954
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Photo ID:670309Submit Correction
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Ex 43-17192, this early civil Skymaster was NX90423 for a while and is seen flying near Floyd Bennett Field here, with the bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula at the top of the photo. In updated AA paint scheme as N90423 by 1954. Later served with Flying Tiger Line and with Taxader in Colombia as HK-1027. Wrecked in a ground fire at Cartagena (SKCG) in 1973. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:NC90423
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18392
Operator Titles:American Airlines System
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:December 1945 to December 1954
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Registration / Serial:N88812
Fleet number:706
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas R5D-1 Skymaster
C/n (msn):10509
Operator Titles:Eastern Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:June 1946 to October 1951
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Photo ID:670305Submit Correction
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Built in 1944 as C-54B, 42-72404, but to US Navy as BuNo 39117. To Eastern Air Lines in 1946. Back to the Navy in 1951. Seen in service in 1962. To MASDC in 1965. Photo from: Eastern Air Lines
Registration / Serial:N88812
Aircraft Version:Douglas R5D-1 Skymaster
C/n (msn):10509
Operator Titles:Eastern Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:June 1946 to October 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N88812
Fleet number:706
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas R5D-1 Skymaster
C/n (msn):10509
Operator Titles:Eastern Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:June 1946 to October 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:670305Submit Correction
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Built in 1944 as C-54B, 42-72404, but to US Navy as BuNo 39117. To Eastern Air Lines in 1946. Back to the Navy in 1951. Seen in service in 1962. To MASDC in 1965. Photo from: Eastern Air Lines
Registration / Serial:N88812
Aircraft Version:Douglas R5D-1 Skymaster
C/n (msn):10509
Operator Titles:Eastern Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:June 1946 to October 1951
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Registration / Serial:N5810
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):51
Operator Titles:TW Express - Trans World Express / Westates Airlines
City / Airport:New York - John F Kennedy International (KJFK / JFK)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991 to March 1993
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Photo ID:669833Submit Correction
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Westates Airlines served as a TWA commuter affiliate for a while, which seems to have gone almost unrecorded, but we found an October 1991 press release saying flights to the JFK hub would start on 27 October. Note the second aircraft on the left. The photographer has dated this photo 16 November 1990 but the SFO Museum say 1993. N5810 was pictured in Miami without titles in March 1993 by Lewis Grant. Note that this is not CV-580 c/n 29, which also wore N5810. Photo by: Bill Hough / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N5810
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):51
Operator Titles:TW Express - Trans World Express / Westates Airlines
City / Airport:New York - John F Kennedy International (KJFK / JFK)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991 to March 1993
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N5810
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):51
Operator Titles:TW Express - Trans World Express / Westates Airlines
City / Airport:New York - John F Kennedy International (KJFK / JFK)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991 to March 1993
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669833Submit Correction
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Westates Airlines served as a TWA commuter affiliate for a while, which seems to have gone almost unrecorded, but we found an October 1991 press release saying flights to the JFK hub would start on 27 October. Note the second aircraft on the left. The photographer has dated this photo 16 November 1990 but the SFO Museum say 1993. N5810 was pictured in Miami without titles in March 1993 by Lewis Grant. Note that this is not CV-580 c/n 29, which also wore N5810. Photo by: Bill Hough / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N5810
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):51
Operator Titles:TW Express - Trans World Express / Westates Airlines
City / Airport:New York - John F Kennedy International (KJFK / JFK)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991 to March 1993
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Registration / Serial:N7403U
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 727
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 727-100 (C-22)
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):19091 / 280
Operator Titles:United Airlines
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
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Photo ID:669620Submit Correction
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Operated by United between 1966 and 1980. The DC-8, N8009U, is still in old colours. Photo by: Daniel Hahn / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N7403U
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):19091 / 280
Operator Titles:United Airlines
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N7403U
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 727
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 727-100 (C-22)
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):19091 / 280
Operator Titles:United Airlines
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
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Photo ID:669620Submit Correction
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Operated by United between 1966 and 1980. The DC-8, N8009U, is still in old colours. Photo by: Daniel Hahn / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N7403U
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-22
C/n (msn):19091 / 280
Operator Titles:United Airlines
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:HC-BLF
Alternate Serial:FAE-692
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 727
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 727-100 (C-22)
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-134
C/n (msn):19692 / 498
Operator Titles:TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador
Aircraft Name:Rumiñahui
City / Airport:Baltra / Seymour (SEGS / GPS)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:November 1988 to December 1999
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Photo ID:669618Submit Correction
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Seen here in the Galapagos Islands, this 727, delivered to TAME in 1984, fatally crashed in 2002. The name Rumiñahui was not worn early on, and the nice classic livery was not changed until 1999 it seems. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:HC-BLF
Alternate Serial:FAE-692
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-134
C/n (msn):19692 / 498
Operator Titles:TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador
City / Airport:Baltra / Seymour (SEGS / GPS)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:November 1988 to December 1999
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:HC-BLF
Alternate Serial:FAE-692
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 727
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 727-100 (C-22)
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-134
C/n (msn):19692 / 498
Operator Titles:TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador
Aircraft Name:Rumiñahui
City / Airport:Baltra / Seymour (SEGS / GPS)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:November 1988 to December 1999
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Photo ID:669618Submit Correction
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Seen here in the Galapagos Islands, this 727, delivered to TAME in 1984, fatally crashed in 2002. The name Rumiñahui was not worn early on, and the nice classic livery was not changed until 1999 it seems. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:HC-BLF
Alternate Serial:FAE-692
Aircraft Version:Boeing 727-134
C/n (msn):19692 / 498
Operator Titles:TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador
City / Airport:Baltra / Seymour (SEGS / GPS)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:November 1988 to December 1999
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Registration / Serial:K4123
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers 132 Vildebeest
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers 132 Vildebeest
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vincent
C/n (msn):[ K4123 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1935 to 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669602Submit Correction
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The photo highlights the large size of the Vickers Vildebeest and Vincent. The Vincent was a an army cooperation and light bomber variant for 'Imperial policing', with an external fuel tank carried in place of the Vildebeest's torpedo. Photo taken at Brooklands with the banked racing circuit on the right. Photo from: Vickers
Registration / Serial:K4123
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vincent
C/n (msn):[ K4123 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1935 to 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:K4123
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers 132 Vildebeest
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers 132 Vildebeest
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vincent
C/n (msn):[ K4123 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1935 to 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669602Submit Correction
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The photo highlights the large size of the Vickers Vildebeest and Vincent. The Vincent was a an army cooperation and light bomber variant for 'Imperial policing', with an external fuel tank carried in place of the Vildebeest's torpedo. Photo taken at Brooklands with the banked racing circuit on the right. Photo from: Vickers
Registration / Serial:K4123
Aircraft Version:Vickers Vincent
C/n (msn):[ K4123 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Brooklands (EGLB) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1935 to 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC16930
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43W
C/n (msn):4321
Operator Titles:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:1 January 1937 to 8 August 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669309Submit Correction
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A very interesting photo of a CNAC S-43 at the Kai Tak seaplane pier. Airline service to Hong Kong had barely started in 1937, but a control tower, built in 1935, seems to be visible, checkered, to the right of the tailfin. The CNAC logo, the character 中, seems to be painted on the rudder. Two S-43s were transferred to CNAC by Pan Am. NC16930 reportedly named Chekiang. Reg cancelled as 'exported to China' on 8 August 1937, but the aircraft crashed on that very day while en route from Hong Kong to Shanghai. The seven passengers survived but three of the four crew were killed. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC16930
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43W
C/n (msn):4321
Operator Titles:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:1 January 1937 to 8 August 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC16930
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43W
C/n (msn):4321
Operator Titles:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:1 January 1937 to 8 August 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669309Submit Correction
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A very interesting photo of a CNAC S-43 at the Kai Tak seaplane pier. Airline service to Hong Kong had barely started in 1937, but a control tower, built in 1935, seems to be visible, checkered, to the right of the tailfin. The CNAC logo, the character 中, seems to be painted on the rudder. Two S-43s were transferred to CNAC by Pan Am. NC16930 reportedly named Chekiang. Reg cancelled as 'exported to China' on 8 August 1937, but the aircraft crashed on that very day while en route from Hong Kong to Shanghai. The seven passengers survived but three of the four crew were killed. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:NC16930
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43W
C/n (msn):4321
Operator Titles:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:1 January 1937 to 8 August 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC15066
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4306
Operator Titles:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Seaplane Base:Santiago de Cuba - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Cuba
Photo Date:April 1936 to August 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669287Submit Correction
View count: 70
Santiago de Cuba is Cuba's second city. As this old postcard shows, Pan Am Clippers docked right at the main railway station. Pan Am also used the city's airfield. NC15066 lost in an accident at Fort-de-France, Martinique in August 1945. Photo from: Mateos
Registration / Serial:NC15066
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4306
Operator Titles:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Seaplane Base:Santiago de Cuba - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Cuba
Photo Date:April 1936 to August 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC15066
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4306
Operator Titles:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Seaplane Base:Santiago de Cuba - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Cuba
Photo Date:April 1936 to August 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669287Submit Correction
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Santiago de Cuba is Cuba's second city. As this old postcard shows, Pan Am Clippers docked right at the main railway station. Pan Am also used the city's airfield. NC15066 lost in an accident at Fort-de-France, Martinique in August 1945. Photo from: Mateos
Registration / Serial:NC15066
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4306
Operator Titles:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Seaplane Base:Santiago de Cuba - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Cuba
Photo Date:April 1936 to August 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1931 to 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669227Submit Correction
View count: 121
The Ford C-3 photographed during parachute testing 'while assigned to the Fairfield Air Depot (1931-1932).' The depot was adjacent to Wright Field. The fuselage says 'F.A.D. Ford C-3', probably for Fairchild Air Depot. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:28-348
Alternate Serial:AC28-348
Aircraft Version:Ford C-3
C/n (msn):4-AT-13
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1931 to 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1931 to 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:669227Submit Correction
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The Ford C-3 photographed during parachute testing 'while assigned to the Fairfield Air Depot (1931-1932).' The depot was adjacent to Wright Field. The fuselage says 'F.A.D. Ford C-3', probably for Fairchild Air Depot. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:28-348
Alternate Serial:AC28-348
Aircraft Version:Ford C-3
C/n (msn):4-AT-13
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1931 to 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:31-405
Alternate Serial:AC31-405
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega
Aircraft Version:Lockheed Y1C-12
C/n (msn):158
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:2 October 1930
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The US Army bought two Vegas, both DL-1 aircraft with metal fuselages, built in Detroit. 31-405 was assigned to NACA at Langley and scrapped in 1935. The other one was 31-408, a DL-1B Special, designated Y1C-17. The fastest aircraft in the Army, it was used for an attempt at America's west to east transcontinental speed record, but crashed in Kentucky. Also, one L-5C Vega was impressed during WWII as 42-94148. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:31-405
Alternate Serial:AC31-405
Aircraft Version:Lockheed Y1C-12
C/n (msn):158
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:2 October 1930
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Registration / Serial:31-405
Alternate Serial:AC31-405
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 2/5/DL Vega
Aircraft Version:Lockheed Y1C-12
C/n (msn):158
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:2 October 1930
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The US Army bought two Vegas, both DL-1 aircraft with metal fuselages, built in Detroit. 31-405 was assigned to NACA at Langley and scrapped in 1935. The other one was 31-408, a DL-1B Special, designated Y1C-17. The fastest aircraft in the Army, it was used for an attempt at America's west to east transcontinental speed record, but crashed in Kentucky. Also, one L-5C Vega was impressed during WWII as 42-94148. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:31-405
Alternate Serial:AC31-405
Aircraft Version:Lockheed Y1C-12
C/n (msn):158
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:2 October 1930
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Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:13 April 1960 to 31 July 1960
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Photo ID:669099Submit Correction
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The first Boeing 720 for American Airlines, though not the first to be delivered. Ended up with the Israeli air force as an electronic intelligence aircraft. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:N7527A
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-023
C/n (msn):18013 / 120
Operator Titles:American Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:13 April 1960 to 31 July 1960
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Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:13 April 1960 to 31 July 1960
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The first Boeing 720 for American Airlines, though not the first to be delivered. Ended up with the Israeli air force as an electronic intelligence aircraft. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:N7527A
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-023
C/n (msn):18013 / 120
Operator Titles:American Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:13 April 1960 to 31 July 1960
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Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:1968 to 1971
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Mystery ship! N7560V is not listed by the FAA or anyone else. There are numerous photos from this shoot, so the reg has not been retouched. The assumption is that this plane was testing modifications incorporated in the 737-200/Adv. Photo is thus assumed taken between 1968 and 1971. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N7560V
Aircraft Version:Boeing 737-200
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Boeing
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:1968 to 1971
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Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:1968 to 1971
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Mystery ship! N7560V is not listed by the FAA or anyone else. There are numerous photos from this shoot, so the reg has not been retouched. The assumption is that this plane was testing modifications incorporated in the 737-200/Adv. Photo is thus assumed taken between 1968 and 1971. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N7560V
Aircraft Version:Boeing 737-200
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Boeing
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:1968 to 1971
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Registration / Serial:N717QS
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 707
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 707-300
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-3J6B(EKC)
C/n (msn):20717 / 882
Operator Titles:Quiet Skies Inc. - QSI
Promotional Titles:Stage III B707
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:2000
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Photo ID:668939Submit Correction
View count: 271
A former CAAC machine, B-2408, fitted with hushkits that made the old 707 compliant with Stage III noise regulations according to the manufacturer. The aircraft even got winglets in 1999, but there were no customers for these modifications and it was reportedly scrapped by 2003. Note the QSI logo on the tail. Photo by: Joe Pries / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N717QS
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-3J6B(EKC)
C/n (msn):20717 / 882
Operator Titles:Quiet Skies Inc. - QSI
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:2000
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Registration / Serial:N717QS
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 707
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 707-300
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-3J6B(EKC)
C/n (msn):20717 / 882
Operator Titles:Quiet Skies Inc. - QSI
Promotional Titles:Stage III B707
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:2000
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A former CAAC machine, B-2408, fitted with hushkits that made the old 707 compliant with Stage III noise regulations according to the manufacturer. The aircraft even got winglets in 1999, but there were no customers for these modifications and it was reportedly scrapped by 2003. Note the QSI logo on the tail. Photo by: Joe Pries / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N717QS
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-3J6B(EKC)
C/n (msn):20717 / 882
Operator Titles:Quiet Skies Inc. - QSI
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:2000
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Registration / Serial:EI-ALA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-048
C/n (msn):18041 / 172
Operator Titles:Irish International Airlines
Aircraft Name:Padraig / St Patrick
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:October 1960
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View count: 106
Aer Lingus entered the jet age in 1960 with the Boeing 720 which had sufficient range for its Dublin to New York and Boston flights. For a while around this time, only the name Irish International Airlines was carried on the transatlantic fleet. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:EI-ALA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-048
C/n (msn):18041 / 172
Operator Titles:Irish International Airlines
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:October 1960
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Registration / Serial:EI-ALA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 720
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-048
C/n (msn):18041 / 172
Operator Titles:Irish International Airlines
Aircraft Name:Padraig / St Patrick
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:October 1960
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Aer Lingus entered the jet age in 1960 with the Boeing 720 which had sufficient range for its Dublin to New York and Boston flights. For a while around this time, only the name Irish International Airlines was carried on the transatlantic fleet. Photo from: Boeing
Registration / Serial:EI-ALA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 720-048
C/n (msn):18041 / 172
Operator Titles:Irish International Airlines
City / Airport:Renton - Municipal (KRNT / RNT)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:October 1960
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Registration / Serial:N6130A
Fleet number:072
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188A Electra
C/n (msn):188-1121
Operator Titles:PSA - Pacific Southwest Airlines
City / Airport:South Lake Tahoe - Lake Tahoe (KTVL / TVL)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1975 to February 1979
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View count: 80
A former AA and McCulloch International Airlines Electra, bought in 1975 by PSA for flights to Lake Tahoe. To Evergreen in 1979 as N5532. In Galaxy Airlines service by 1983. Crashed not far from here after take-off from Reno / Tahoe (RNO) in January 1985. 70 people were killed. Photo by: Daniel Hahn / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N6130A
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188A Electra
C/n (msn):188-1121
Operator Titles:PSA - Pacific Southwest Airlines
City / Airport:South Lake Tahoe - Lake Tahoe (KTVL / TVL)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1975 to February 1979
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Registration / Serial:N6130A
Fleet number:072
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188A Electra
C/n (msn):188-1121
Operator Titles:PSA - Pacific Southwest Airlines
City / Airport:South Lake Tahoe - Lake Tahoe (KTVL / TVL)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1975 to February 1979
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A former AA and McCulloch International Airlines Electra, bought in 1975 by PSA for flights to Lake Tahoe. To Evergreen in 1979 as N5532. In Galaxy Airlines service by 1983. Crashed not far from here after take-off from Reno / Tahoe (RNO) in January 1985. 70 people were killed. Photo by: Daniel Hahn / SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:N6130A
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188A Electra
C/n (msn):188-1121
Operator Titles:PSA - Pacific Southwest Airlines
City / Airport:South Lake Tahoe - Lake Tahoe (KTVL / TVL)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1975 to February 1979
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Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:September 1955 to October 1962
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Photo ID:668704Submit Correction
View count: 53
Only two KAT-1 trainers were apparently built and both are framed here with Fuji KM JA3122 in the foreground, presumably at Miyazaki. The KAT-1 was designed as a military trainer, but the Fuji-built Beech T-34 was preferred. The first prototype JA3084, in the background, was tested by the Japanese army. Both KAT-1s deleted from the register as 'obsolete' in 1962 and both listed as having gone to the Kakamigahara museum in Gifu. The KAL-2 was a cabin variant of the KAT-1, not to be confused with the KAL-1, an earlier taildragger type. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:JA3100
Aircraft Version:Kawasaki KAT-1
C/n (msn):2002
Operator Titles:Civil Aviation College
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:September 1955 to October 1962
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Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:September 1955 to October 1962
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Only two KAT-1 trainers were apparently built and both are framed here with Fuji KM JA3122 in the foreground, presumably at Miyazaki. The KAT-1 was designed as a military trainer, but the Fuji-built Beech T-34 was preferred. The first prototype JA3084, in the background, was tested by the Japanese army. Both KAT-1s deleted from the register as 'obsolete' in 1962 and both listed as having gone to the Kakamigahara museum in Gifu. The KAL-2 was a cabin variant of the KAT-1, not to be confused with the KAL-1, an earlier taildragger type. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:JA3100
Aircraft Version:Kawasaki KAT-1
C/n (msn):2002
Operator Titles:Civil Aviation College
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:September 1955 to October 1962
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