[Pilot with New Swallow aircraft]

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Identifier1987-09-22-B_image_025SourceThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection (1987-09-22-B), Box 1, Folder 6DescriptionPhotograph of a pilot with a Varney Air Lines New Swallow aircraft (tail number 2), circa 1926. The text on the fuselage reads: "U.S. Air Mail / Route C.A.M. 5." The aircraft is equipped with a liquid-cooled Curtiss C-6 or K-6 engine.

Inscription on verso: "Swallow airplane with V1-6 motor (replaced with Wright Whirlwind - S-4) / Early Varney."
Creation Datecirca 1926SubjectVarney Air LinesAir mail serviceAir pilotsSwallow (KS) New Swallow FamilyExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 15 x 9 cmLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

Depicts or Relates to

Source consulted: Belanger, H. "Dang, you made it!" Seattle Times Magazines, July 11, 1976.

Source consulted: Bowers, Peter M. Yesterday's Wings. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 1974.

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