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| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 577196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 579 |
N79978 crashed on approach to Burbank, California, on July 12, 1949 killing 35 of the 48 occupants. The flight had originated at La Guardia the previous day and might be the departure caught in the photo. Standard had bought the aircraft in April 1948 in a War Assets sale and it had amassed only 1515 hours at the time of the accident. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 577196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 579 |
N79978 crashed on approach to Burbank, California, on July 12, 1949 killing 35 of the 48 occupants. The flight had originated at La Guardia the previous day and might be the departure caught in the photo. Standard had bought the aircraft in April 1948 in a War Assets sale and it had amassed only 1515 hours at the time of the accident. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | XB-LIU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2945 |
| Operator Titles: | Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Baja California |
| City / Airport: | Ensenada (MMES / ESE)Map |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Photo Date: | 1975 to 1979 |
| Photo from: | René Buschmann Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 542205Submit Correction |
| View count: | 563 |
Titles carried read "Fed. de Coop. Pesq. Baja California F.C.L.", which is an abbreviation of this organisation's full name. The full name is shown on the tail (prefixed by "Transporte Aéreo de la") and roughly means Baja California Regional Federation of Cooperative Societies of the Fishing Industry. It was formed in 1940 and was also known then as FEDECOOP. The aircraft was already wfu at the time of the picture.
| Registration / Serial: | XB-LIU |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2945 |
| Operator Titles: | Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Baja California |
| City / Airport: | Ensenada (MMES / ESE)Map | Country: | Mexico |
| Photo Date: | 1975 to 1979 |
| Photo from: | René Buschmann Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | XB-LIU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2945 |
| Operator Titles: | Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Baja California |
| City / Airport: | Ensenada (MMES / ESE)Map |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Photo Date: | 1975 to 1979 |
| Photo from: | René Buschmann Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 542205Submit Correction |
| View count: | 563 |
Titles carried read "Fed. de Coop. Pesq. Baja California F.C.L.", which is an abbreviation of this organisation's full name. The full name is shown on the tail (prefixed by "Transporte Aéreo de la") and roughly means Baja California Regional Federation of Cooperative Societies of the Fishing Industry. It was formed in 1940 and was also known then as FEDECOOP. The aircraft was already wfu at the time of the picture.
| Registration / Serial: | XB-LIU |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2945 |
| Operator Titles: | Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Baja California |
| City / Airport: | Ensenada (MMES / ESE)Map | Country: | Mexico |
| Photo Date: | 1975 to 1979 |
| Photo from: | René Buschmann Collection (via Joop de Groot)Contact |