Identifier2000-06-20_image_024SourceThe William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers (2000-06-20), Box 3, Folder 7DescriptionPhotograph 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.)."Creation Datecirca 1935-1938SubjectLear DevelopmentsDouglas DC-1Commuter aircraftTransport planesTrans World AirlinesExtent1 photograph : black and white ; 10 x 8 inOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers/The Museum of FlightRightsCopyright undetermined
[TWA Douglas DC-1 aircraft at airfield], [2000-06-20_image_024]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 07/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/4666
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