The fifth L-14. Happy with the L-10, Northwest Airlines was the launch customer for the L-14, which it called the Sky Zephyr. Four Sky Zephyrs crashed, however, between January 1938 and January 1939, and the type was phased out in the summer of 1939. Normally Northwest didn't fly farther east than Chicago back then, but here NC17386 is seen in Boston for reasons unknown. NC17386 to TACA of Honduras as XH-TEG. To PP-AVA of Aerovias Brasil. Crashed on 13 February 1943. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library

The opening ceremony of Malmi took place on this day, 15 May 1938. Note the substantial differences between the L-14 and the L-10 Electra, SP-BGE. Clockwise from top: Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe V11 D-ALEX, DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AFFF, Zlin Z-XII OK-LZH, Klemm Kl 35B D-EPIU, Cierva C.30A SE-AFI, Bü 131B Jungmann OH-SIL, and VL Viima VI-2. In the background are three Fokker C.X reconnaissance biplanes. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency