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City / Airport:Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Event:National Air Races 1923
Photo Date:October 1923
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Seeking revenge for its defeat in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race, the US Navy successfully procured a new Curtiss racer. A-6692 / 9, flown by Lt Alford Williams, won the 1923 edition and Lt Harold Brow in A-6691 / 10 came second. Both pilots also broke the absolute world speed record, with Williams bringing it to 429 km/h (267 mph). A-6692 was fitted with floats for the cancelled 1924 Schneider Trophy race. A-6691 was sold to the US Army for a sporty $1 to become the Curtiss R-8, serial 23-1235. Photo from: Museum of Flight
Registration / Serial:A-6692
Aircraft Version:Curtiss R2C-1
C/n (msn):A-6692
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:October 1923
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City / Airport:Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Event:National Air Races 1923
Photo Date:October 1923
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Seeking revenge for its defeat in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race, the US Navy successfully procured a new Curtiss racer. A-6692 / 9, flown by Lt Alford Williams, won the 1923 edition and Lt Harold Brow in A-6691 / 10 came second. Both pilots also broke the absolute world speed record, with Williams bringing it to 429 km/h (267 mph). A-6692 was fitted with floats for the cancelled 1924 Schneider Trophy race. A-6691 was sold to the US Army for a sporty $1 to become the Curtiss R-8, serial 23-1235. Photo from: Museum of Flight
Registration / Serial:A-6692
Aircraft Version:Curtiss R2C-1
C/n (msn):A-6692
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Saint Louis - Lambert-Saint Louis International (KSTL / STL)Map
Region / Country:Missouri, United States
Photo Date:October 1923
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City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Event:National Air Races 1922
Photo Date:October 1922
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The US Army ordered a new variant of the US Navy's CR racer and used it to beat the Navy aircraft in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race. Other photos show that the winning race number 43, flown by Lt Maughan, was serial number 68564; thus number 44, flown by Lt Maitland, was 68563. Flying 68564, Gen Billy Mitchell himself set a new absolute world speed record of 358.84 km/h (222.973 mph) three days later on 18 October. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:68563
Alternate Serial:AS68563
Aircraft Version:Curtiss R-6
C/n (msn):[ 68563 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1922
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City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Event:National Air Races 1922
Photo Date:October 1922
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The US Army ordered a new variant of the US Navy's CR racer and used it to beat the Navy aircraft in the 1922 Pulitzer Trophy race. Other photos show that the winning race number 43, flown by Lt Maughan, was serial number 68564; thus number 44, flown by Lt Maitland, was 68563. Flying 68564, Gen Billy Mitchell himself set a new absolute world speed record of 358.84 km/h (222.973 mph) three days later on 18 October. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:68563
Alternate Serial:AS68563
Aircraft Version:Curtiss R-6
C/n (msn):[ 68563 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1922
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City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Event:National Air Races 1922
Photo Date:October 1922
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A Curtiss CR racer built for the US Navy had won the 1921 Pulitzer Trophy race, although flown for Curtiss by Bert Acosta. Sources disagree whether this was the CR-1, A-6080, or the modified CR-2, A-6081. With the CR-1 upgraded to CR-2 standard, the Navy flew both in the 1922 edition at Selfridge Field, but was beaten by the US Army's variant of the CR, the Curtiss R-6. The CRs were then changed to CR-3 floatplanes to win the 1923 Schneider Trophy. A-6081 also set a speed record for seaplanes and was modified to CR-4 testbed and trainer for the 1926 Schneider races. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:A-6081
Aircraft Version:Curtiss CR-2
C/n (msn):[ A-6081 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1922
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City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Event:National Air Races 1922
Photo Date:October 1922
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A Curtiss CR racer built for the US Navy had won the 1921 Pulitzer Trophy race, although flown for Curtiss by Bert Acosta. Sources disagree whether this was the CR-1, A-6080, or the modified CR-2, A-6081. With the CR-1 upgraded to CR-2 standard, the Navy flew both in the 1922 edition at Selfridge Field, but was beaten by the US Army's variant of the CR, the Curtiss R-6. The CRs were then changed to CR-3 floatplanes to win the 1923 Schneider Trophy. A-6081 also set a speed record for seaplanes and was modified to CR-4 testbed and trainer for the 1926 Schneider races. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:A-6081
Aircraft Version:Curtiss CR-2
C/n (msn):[ A-6081 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1922
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Registration / Serial:I-TITO
Aircraft Original Type:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75
Aircraft Generic Type:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75
Aircraft Version:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75C
C/n (msn):32003
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:April 1938 to December 1940
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Photo ID:648687Submit Correction
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The third SM.75, registered in April 1938. In November 1940, I-TITO was involved in airlifting Italian troops from Brindisi to Tirana, Albania - no doubt for the war against Greece. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-TITO
Aircraft Version:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75C
C/n (msn):32003
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:April 1938 to December 1940
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Registration / Serial:I-TITO
Aircraft Original Type:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75
Aircraft Generic Type:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75
Aircraft Version:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75C
C/n (msn):32003
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:April 1938 to December 1940
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Photo ID:648687Submit Correction
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The third SM.75, registered in April 1938. In November 1940, I-TITO was involved in airlifting Italian troops from Brindisi to Tirana, Albania - no doubt for the war against Greece. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-TITO
Aircraft Version:Savoia-Marchetti SM.75C
C/n (msn):32003
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:April 1938 to December 1940
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Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:May 1938 to April 1939
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Photo ID:648661Submit Correction
View count: 222
First flown on 10 November 1937, the Z.509 was an enlarged Z.506, intended for air mail route to South America although LATI opened a landplane route in 1939. Project abandoned and the three aircraft built were impressed by the Regia Aeronautica in December 1939. Photo published in Flight in April 1939 after I-ATLA broke several FAI records for seaplanes. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-ATLA
Aircraft Version:CANT Z.509
C/n (msn):320
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:May 1938 to April 1939
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Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:May 1938 to April 1939
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First flown on 10 November 1937, the Z.509 was an enlarged Z.506, intended for air mail route to South America although LATI opened a landplane route in 1939. Project abandoned and the three aircraft built were impressed by the Regia Aeronautica in December 1939. Photo published in Flight in April 1939 after I-ATLA broke several FAI records for seaplanes. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-ATLA
Aircraft Version:CANT Z.509
C/n (msn):320
Location:Not known
Country:Italy
Photo Date:May 1938 to April 1939
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Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:February 1938 to June 1940
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Photo ID:648644Submit Correction
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The Z.506C model of the Airone seaplane was a 14-passenger airliner but this first airframe, I-ALAL, was a special which in March and April 1938 made a route proving flight from Lido di Roma to Buenos Aires and back, covering 24,000 km at an average speed of over 300 km/h. Small Ala Littoria titles worn in cheatline. Where is that tall lighthouse? I-ALAL impressed for military duties in June 1940. Photo supplied by the Fasisct era Italian Library of Information in New York City. Photo from: Smithsionian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-ALAL
Aircraft Version:CANT Z.506C Airone
C/n (msn):3547
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:February 1938 to June 1940
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Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:February 1938 to June 1940
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The Z.506C model of the Airone seaplane was a 14-passenger airliner but this first airframe, I-ALAL, was a special which in March and April 1938 made a route proving flight from Lido di Roma to Buenos Aires and back, covering 24,000 km at an average speed of over 300 km/h. Small Ala Littoria titles worn in cheatline. Where is that tall lighthouse? I-ALAL impressed for military duties in June 1940. Photo supplied by the Fasisct era Italian Library of Information in New York City. Photo from: Smithsionian Institution
Registration / Serial:I-ALAL
Aircraft Version:CANT Z.506C Airone
C/n (msn):3547
Operator Titles:Ala Littoria
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:February 1938 to June 1940
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City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:1928
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Photo ID:648608Submit Correction
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The sole Bellanca K was built for a transatlantic flight to Rome. Cesare Sabelli's crew took off from Old Orchard Beach, Maine on 20 September 1928 but returned with a loose piston and ditched. The aircraft was repaired but subsequent users also experienced engine problems: a flight from Argentina to Spain didn't happen, a record endurance flight failed due to high oil consumption and finally Thor Solberg ditched NX4864 off Newfoundland on his way to Norway on 23 August 1932. The odd design of the aircraft, with lifting surfaces forming a sort of W-shaped lower wing, was supposedly very efficient and led to the Model P Airbus/Aircruiser. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NX4864
Aircraft Version:Bellanca K
C/n (msn):107
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:1928
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City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:1928
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The sole Bellanca K was built for a transatlantic flight to Rome. Cesare Sabelli's crew took off from Old Orchard Beach, Maine on 20 September 1928 but returned with a loose piston and ditched. The aircraft was repaired but subsequent users also experienced engine problems: a flight from Argentina to Spain didn't happen, a record endurance flight failed due to high oil consumption and finally Thor Solberg ditched NX4864 off Newfoundland on his way to Norway on 23 August 1932. The odd design of the aircraft, with lifting surfaces forming a sort of W-shaped lower wing, was supposedly very efficient and led to the Model P Airbus/Aircruiser. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NX4864
Aircraft Version:Bellanca K
C/n (msn):107
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:1928
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Registration / Serial:NC786W
Aircraft Original Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Generic Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Version:Bellanca P-200 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):703
Aircraft Name:Miss Fidelity
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:January 1930 to August 1944
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Photo ID:648540Submit Correction
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The Bellanca Aircruiser is often described vaguely as the ultimate development of the Bellanca Airbus airliner. We believe the name Aircruiser refers to executive models of the Airbus, since this is the first Aircruiser, already built in 1930 or 1931 with a comfortable nine-seat interior. The generic designation Bellanca Model P changed to Model 66 in the mid-1930s. The US Army designation was C-27. This airframe was sold to Fred M King's Fidelity Investment Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. To Mexico in 1944. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC786W
Aircraft Version:Bellanca P-200 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):703
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:January 1930 to August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC786W
Aircraft Original Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Generic Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Version:Bellanca P-200 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):703
Aircraft Name:Miss Fidelity
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:January 1930 to August 1944
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Photo ID:648540Submit Correction
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The Bellanca Aircruiser is often described vaguely as the ultimate development of the Bellanca Airbus airliner. We believe the name Aircruiser refers to executive models of the Airbus, since this is the first Aircruiser, already built in 1930 or 1931 with a comfortable nine-seat interior. The generic designation Bellanca Model P changed to Model 66 in the mid-1930s. The US Army designation was C-27. This airframe was sold to Fred M King's Fidelity Investment Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. To Mexico in 1944. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC786W
Aircraft Version:Bellanca P-200 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):703
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:January 1930 to August 1944
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Registration / Serial:N8199H
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):13919
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 May 1959
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A few C-74s were sold on the civilian market. In March 1959, 42-65408 was bought by Akros Dynamics 'for a Cuban party'. On 22 May, ten men and a 'shapely red-headed woman co-pilot' were arrested at MIA while loading the aircraft with guns and ammunition. This photo was published the next day. The arms smugglers were anti-Castro and had ties with the Dominican Republic government. Did they also operate that F4U Corsair? The USA had recognized Castro's government and didn't support rebels yet in 1959. N8199H to Aeronaves de Panama which operated three C-74s until the fatal crash of N3182G (c/n 13915) near Marseille in 1963. Photo from: The Miami Herald
Registration / Serial:N8199H
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):13919
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 May 1959
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N8199H
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):13919
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 May 1959
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A few C-74s were sold on the civilian market. In March 1959, 42-65408 was bought by Akros Dynamics 'for a Cuban party'. On 22 May, ten men and a 'shapely red-headed woman co-pilot' were arrested at MIA while loading the aircraft with guns and ammunition. This photo was published the next day. The arms smugglers were anti-Castro and had ties with the Dominican Republic government. Did they also operate that F4U Corsair? The USA had recognized Castro's government and didn't support rebels yet in 1959. N8199H to Aeronaves de Panama which operated three C-74s until the fatal crash of N3182G (c/n 13915) near Marseille in 1963. Photo from: The Miami Herald
Registration / Serial:N8199H
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):13919
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:22 May 1959
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Registration / Serial:CF-AWR
Aircraft Original Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Generic Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Version:Bellanca 66-75 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):719
Operator Titles:Mackenzie Air Service
Aircraft Name:Eldorado Radium Silver Express
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:March 1935 to July 1935
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Photo ID:647970Submit Correction
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Photo from the Smithsonian's Giuseppe M Bellanca Collection, presumably showing CF-ARW before delivery at Bellanca Field. This plane was used by the Eldorado mining company's uranium oxide mine at Port Radium, Northwest Territories, operated by Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton. Nicknamed 'Flying W', the Aircruiser was used predominantly in Canada as a result of the 1934 US regulation banning single-engined airliners. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:CF-AWR
Aircraft Version:Bellanca 66-75 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):719
Operator Titles:Mackenzie Air Service
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:March 1935 to July 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:CF-AWR
Aircraft Original Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Generic Type:Bellanca P/C-27/66 Airbus/Aircruiser
Aircraft Version:Bellanca 66-75 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):719
Operator Titles:Mackenzie Air Service
Aircraft Name:Eldorado Radium Silver Express
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:March 1935 to July 1935
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Photo ID:647970Submit Correction
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Photo from the Smithsonian's Giuseppe M Bellanca Collection, presumably showing CF-ARW before delivery at Bellanca Field. This plane was used by the Eldorado mining company's uranium oxide mine at Port Radium, Northwest Territories, operated by Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton. Nicknamed 'Flying W', the Aircruiser was used predominantly in Canada as a result of the 1934 US regulation banning single-engined airliners. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:CF-AWR
Aircraft Version:Bellanca 66-75 Aircruiser
C/n (msn):719
Operator Titles:Mackenzie Air Service
City / Airport:Wilmington - Piasecki Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:Delaware, United States
Photo Date:March 1935 to July 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:YV-ADI
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
C/n (msn):1509
Operator Titles:Línea Aeropostal Venezolana
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1 December 1939 to 25 July 1944
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Photo ID:647650Submit Correction
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LAV acquired two L-14H-2 Super Electras in 1939. YV-ADI crashed on 25 July 1944 on arrival in Barcelona, Venezuela. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:YV-ADI
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
C/n (msn):1509
Operator Titles:Línea Aeropostal Venezolana
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1 December 1939 to 25 July 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:YV-ADI
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
C/n (msn):1509
Operator Titles:Línea Aeropostal Venezolana
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1 December 1939 to 25 July 1944
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LAV acquired two L-14H-2 Super Electras in 1939. YV-ADI crashed on 25 July 1944 on arrival in Barcelona, Venezuela. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:YV-ADI
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra
C/n (msn):1509
Operator Titles:Línea Aeropostal Venezolana
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1 December 1939 to 25 July 1944
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Registration / Serial:N6501C
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation
C/n (msn):1049D-4163
Operator Titles:Seaboard & Western Airlines
Aircraft Name:American Airtrader
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1954
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Photo ID:647134Submit Correction
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'The first in-flight photo of Seaboard's first Connie, N6501C American Airtrader, 1954.' This was the first L-1049D convertible passenger/cargo Super Connie, fitted with reinforced flooring and maindeck cargo doors on the port side. Already upgraded in 1955 to L-1049H, equivalent to pax L-1049G. To Capitol Airways in 1962. Broken up in 1967. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N6501C
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation
C/n (msn):1049D-4163
Operator Titles:Seaboard & Western Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N6501C
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation
C/n (msn):1049D-4163
Operator Titles:Seaboard & Western Airlines
Aircraft Name:American Airtrader
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1954
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'The first in-flight photo of Seaboard's first Connie, N6501C American Airtrader, 1954.' This was the first L-1049D convertible passenger/cargo Super Connie, fitted with reinforced flooring and maindeck cargo doors on the port side. Already upgraded in 1955 to L-1049H, equivalent to pax L-1049G. To Capitol Airways in 1962. Broken up in 1967. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N6501C
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-1049D Super Constellation
C/n (msn):1049D-4163
Operator Titles:Seaboard & Western Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1954
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Registration / Serial:N93057
Aircraft Original Type:Martin 202
Aircraft Generic Type:Martin 202/303/404
Aircraft Version:Martin 202
C/n (msn):9135
Operator Titles:CCA - California Central Airlines
Aircraft Name:City of Los Angeles
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:September 1951 to December 1955
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Photo ID:647129Submit Correction
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CCA operated from Burbank from 1949. In 1951 they acquired five Martin 202s dumped by Northwest Airlines. CCA went bankrupt in 1954. The thick cheatline is blue with red stripes on the tailfin and nose. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N93057
Aircraft Version:Martin 202
C/n (msn):9135
Operator Titles:CCA - California Central Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:September 1951 to December 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N93057
Aircraft Original Type:Martin 202
Aircraft Generic Type:Martin 202/303/404
Aircraft Version:Martin 202
C/n (msn):9135
Operator Titles:CCA - California Central Airlines
Aircraft Name:City of Los Angeles
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:September 1951 to December 1955
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CCA operated from Burbank from 1949. In 1951 they acquired five Martin 202s dumped by Northwest Airlines. CCA went bankrupt in 1954. The thick cheatline is blue with red stripes on the tailfin and nose. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N93057
Aircraft Version:Martin 202
C/n (msn):9135
Operator Titles:CCA - California Central Airlines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:September 1951 to December 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N6682D
Aircraft Original Type:Vertol V-107
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing Vertol 107 (H-46 Sea Knight / KV107)
Aircraft Version:Boeing Vertol 107
C/n (msn):101
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - Pan Am Building Heliport
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:22 December 1966 to 15 February 1968
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New York Airways operated the Boeing Vertol 107 between the roof of the Pan Am Building, near Grand Central Station in Manhattan, and New York airports between late 1966 and early 1968. Despite noise complaints, the service briefly resumed in 1977 with the S-61L. Photo from: Pan Am Historical Foundation
Registration / Serial:N6682D
Aircraft Version:Boeing Vertol 107
C/n (msn):101
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - Pan Am Building Heliport
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:22 December 1966 to 15 February 1968
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N6682D
Aircraft Original Type:Vertol V-107
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing Vertol 107 (H-46 Sea Knight / KV107)
Aircraft Version:Boeing Vertol 107
C/n (msn):101
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - Pan Am Building Heliport
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:22 December 1966 to 15 February 1968
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New York Airways operated the Boeing Vertol 107 between the roof of the Pan Am Building, near Grand Central Station in Manhattan, and New York airports between late 1966 and early 1968. Despite noise complaints, the service briefly resumed in 1977 with the S-61L. Photo from: Pan Am Historical Foundation
Registration / Serial:N6682D
Aircraft Version:Boeing Vertol 107
C/n (msn):101
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - Pan Am Building Heliport
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:22 December 1966 to 15 February 1968
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Registration / Serial:NM-4
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:CDA - Compañía Dominicana de Aviación
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1946
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A venerable Tri-Motor for Compañía Dominicana de Aviación. CDA was established, with Pan Am involvement, in 1944. This 4-AT served with Cubana de Aviación since 1930 and still wears its Cuban registration NM-4 here. Dominican reg not certain. The historic Dominican register shows a couple of 5-ATs but only one 4-AT, HI-2. If NM-4 was CDA's first Tri-Motor, delivered in May 1944, the 1946 dating of the photo is off. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NM-4
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:CDA - Compañía Dominicana de Aviación
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1946
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Registration / Serial:NM-4
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:CDA - Compañía Dominicana de Aviación
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1946
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A venerable Tri-Motor for Compañía Dominicana de Aviación. CDA was established, with Pan Am involvement, in 1944. This 4-AT served with Cubana de Aviación since 1930 and still wears its Cuban registration NM-4 here. Dominican reg not certain. The historic Dominican register shows a couple of 5-ATs but only one 4-AT, HI-2. If NM-4 was CDA's first Tri-Motor, delivered in May 1944, the 1946 dating of the photo is off. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NM-4
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:CDA - Compañía Dominicana de Aviación
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1946
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Registration / Serial:N1012C
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan)
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):111
Operator Titles:Mohawk Airlines
Aircraft Name:Air Chief Ticonderoga
City / Airport:Ithaca - Tompkins International (KITH / ITH)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1956 to December 1958
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Photo ID:646917Submit Correction
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Ex PH-TEE Jan Steen of KLM and HB-IRY Luzern of Swissair. Photo taken at Ithaca. Mohawk moved its base to Utica - Oneida County Airport reportedly in 1958. N1012C was in the fleet until 1967. Photo by: Hadley Smith / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N1012C
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):111
Operator Titles:Mohawk Airlines
City / Airport:Ithaca - Tompkins International (KITH / ITH)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1956 to December 1958
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Registration / Serial:N1012C
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan)
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):111
Operator Titles:Mohawk Airlines
Aircraft Name:Air Chief Ticonderoga
City / Airport:Ithaca - Tompkins International (KITH / ITH)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1956 to December 1958
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Ex PH-TEE Jan Steen of KLM and HB-IRY Luzern of Swissair. Photo taken at Ithaca. Mohawk moved its base to Utica - Oneida County Airport reportedly in 1958. N1012C was in the fleet until 1967. Photo by: Hadley Smith / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N1012C
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-4
C/n (msn):111
Operator Titles:Mohawk Airlines
City / Airport:Ithaca - Tompkins International (KITH / ITH)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1956 to December 1958
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Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
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Location should be the West 30th Street Heliport, which New York Airways used before 1960. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
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Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
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Location should be the West 30th Street Heliport, which New York Airways used before 1960. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
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Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
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Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
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Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
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Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
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Registration / Serial:PI-C2
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):25428/13983
Operator Titles:Philippine Air Lines - PAL
Location:Not known
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:1959 to 1961
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Apparently one of the first C-47s in PAL service, delivered in 1946. Ex 43-48167. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:PI-C2
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):25428/13983
Operator Titles:Philippine Air Lines - PAL
Location:Not known
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:1959 to 1961
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Registration / Serial:PI-C2
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):25428/13983
Operator Titles:Philippine Air Lines - PAL
Location:Not known
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:1959 to 1961
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Apparently one of the first C-47s in PAL service, delivered in 1946. Ex 43-48167. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:PI-C2
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):25428/13983
Operator Titles:Philippine Air Lines - PAL
Location:Not known
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:1959 to 1961
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Registration / Serial:G-ACJK
Aircraft Original Type:Short L.17 Scylla
Aircraft Generic Type:Short L.17 Scylla
Aircraft Version:Short L.17 Scylla
C/n (msn):S.769
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Syrinx
City / Airport:Amman - Marka (OJAM / ADJ)Map
Country:Jordan
Photo Date:1935
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'Imperial Airways airplane landing at Amman.' Photo by: Clarence Sorensen / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:G-ACJK
Aircraft Version:Short L.17 Scylla
C/n (msn):S.769
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:Amman - Marka (OJAM / ADJ)Map
Country:Jordan
Photo Date:1935
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Registration / Serial:G-ACJK
Aircraft Original Type:Short L.17 Scylla
Aircraft Generic Type:Short L.17 Scylla
Aircraft Version:Short L.17 Scylla
C/n (msn):S.769
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Syrinx
City / Airport:Amman - Marka (OJAM / ADJ)Map
Country:Jordan
Photo Date:1935
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'Imperial Airways airplane landing at Amman.' Photo by: Clarence Sorensen / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:G-ACJK
Aircraft Version:Short L.17 Scylla
C/n (msn):S.769
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:Amman - Marka (OJAM / ADJ)Map
Country:Jordan
Photo Date:1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive