Shell's attractive Lockheed Orion, flown by Jimmy Doolittle. It was built in Detroit in 1931 as a DL-2A Altair with a metal fuselage. Used as a mailplane by TWA. Following an accident, it was rebuilt as an L-9C in 1932 and sold to Shell. Damaged in 1936, then sold to Paul Mantz for air racing in 1938. The only surviving Orion, it was eventually preserved in Lucerne, Switzerland as "CH-167". Does anyone recognize this airport? On the right is probably a 'Visiting Ships' hangar. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

This is the only survivor of 35 Lockheed Orions built in 1931. It is not the original CH-167. It is ex-NC12222 and N12222 and was converted from the Altair DL-2A to the only Orion 9C with a metal fuselage. To the museum in 1976 and marked as CH-167.