[TWA Douglas DC-1 aircraft at airfield]

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Title

[TWA Douglas DC-1 aircraft at airfield]

Description

Photograph of a TWA Douglas DC-1 aircraft (tail and wing number NR223Y) at an airfield, circa 1935-1938. A man in a TWA jumpsuit stands near the aircraft. The caption notes that this aircraft was outfitted with a Model L Learscope during its record-setting coast-to-coast flight on April 30, 1935.

Typed caption on verso: "A. This was an experimental installation of a Model L Learscope on a TWA airplane that flew coast-to-coast in 11 hours 5 minutes, April 30, 1935. (WPL-1 1/4/60.)."

Date

1935-1938 circa

Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 10 x 8 in

Bibliographic Citation

The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-06-20_image_024_01
2000-06-20_image_024_02