[Air mail aircraft parked in circle]

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Identifier1990-10-26_image_001SourceThe Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection (1990-10-26), Box 1, Folder 9DescriptionPhotograph of several air mail aircraft parked in a circle, likely taken at Chicago Municipal Airport (now Midway International), circa 1928-1929. A U.S. mail truck is parked on the right.

The aircraft are (beginning at the top of the circle and moving counter-clockwise):

- A National Airport Transport Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor (wing number C-4309)
- Two National Air Transport Douglas M-3 Mailplanes (wing numbers C-791 and C-795)
- Two Boeing Model 40As (tail number C-285 and C-26[8 or 9])
- A de Havilland D.H.4Creation Datecirca 1928-1929SubjectAir mail servicede Havilland (Airco) D.H.4Boeing Model 40ADouglas M-3 MailplaneFord 4-AT-A Tri-MotorNational Air TransportExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in.Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert W. Radoll Early Aviation Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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CollectionRobert W. Radoll Early Aviation CollectionCollection AreaArchivesRelated Resources

Source consulted: Juptner, Joseph P. U.S. Civil Aircraft (Volume I). Aero Publishers, 1962-c1981.

Source consulted: National Air Transport. NAT Bulletin Board, no. 19 (September 4, 1928).

Source consulted: Larkins, William T. The Ford Story: A Pictorial History of the Ford Tri-Motor. Longo, 1957.

Source consulted: Larkins, William T. The Ford Tri-Motor. Schiffer Aviation History, 1992.

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