Registration / Serial: | NC967Y |
Fleet number: | 1 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas Dolphin |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas Dolphin |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas Dolphin 1 |
C/n (msn): | 999 |
Operator Titles: | Wilmington-Catalina Airline |
City / Seaplane Base: | Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | January 1931 to April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 356988Submit Correction |
View count: | 1640 |
What a wonderful place! The Wrigley family, the owners of Catalina Island, constructed this little seaplane airport and founded Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931 to fly in tourists from LA. For a literal quick turnaround, a wooden turntable was in use. The company bought the first two Douglas Dolphin amphibians. Its two Loening C-2s, in the background, were sold to Mexico in 1933.
Registration / Serial: | NC967Y |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas Dolphin 1 |
C/n (msn): | 999 |
Operator Titles: | Wilmington-Catalina Airline |
City / Seaplane Base: | Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | January 1931 to April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | NC967Y |
Fleet number: | 1 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas Dolphin |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas Dolphin |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas Dolphin 1 |
C/n (msn): | 999 |
Operator Titles: | Wilmington-Catalina Airline |
City / Seaplane Base: | Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | January 1931 to April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 356988Submit Correction |
View count: | 1640 |
What a wonderful place! The Wrigley family, the owners of Catalina Island, constructed this little seaplane airport and founded Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931 to fly in tourists from LA. For a literal quick turnaround, a wooden turntable was in use. The company bought the first two Douglas Dolphin amphibians. Its two Loening C-2s, in the background, were sold to Mexico in 1933.
Registration / Serial: | NC967Y |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas Dolphin 1 |
C/n (msn): | 999 |
Operator Titles: | Wilmington-Catalina Airline |
City / Seaplane Base: | Avalon - Hamilton Cove Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | January 1931 to April 1933 |
Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |