17 results found
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | 6 November 2010 |
| Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
| Photo ID: | 660159Submit Correction |
| View count: | 85 |
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 November 2010 |
| Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | 6 November 2010 |
| Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
| Photo ID: | 660159Submit Correction |
| View count: | 85 |
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 November 2010 |
| Photo by: | Derek FergusonContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 19 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
| Photo ID: | 608996Submit Correction |
| View count: | 217 |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 19 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 19 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
| Photo ID: | 608996Submit Correction |
| View count: | 217 |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 19 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | André DuPont - MAS Aviation PressContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Fleet number: | 105 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed) |
| Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 588596Submit Correction |
| View count: | 615 |
Registration cancelled in 1932. Anderson Field was the first airport at Las Vegas. Known as Rockwell Field after a change of ownership. Airport closed by 1930. Western Air Express moved its services to what is now Nellis AFB but was then a private airport owned at one stage by the airline. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed) | Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Fleet number: | 105 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed) |
| Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 588596Submit Correction |
| View count: | 615 |
Registration cancelled in 1932. Anderson Field was the first airport at Las Vegas. Known as Rockwell Field after a change of ownership. Airport closed by 1930. Western Air Express moved its services to what is now Nellis AFB but was then a private airport owned at one stage by the airline. Photo from: University of Nevada Las Vegas
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Las Vegas - Anderson (Rockwell) Field) (closed) | Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC843W |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.11 (B.IV) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.11 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.11AHB |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 905 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 to 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 562499Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
Despite two prominent private customers, Harold Vanderbilt and speedboat magnate Garfield Wood, the six-passenger F-11 flying boat was not very successful. This airframe was tested by the US Army as the YC-16. Here it is seen wearing Western Air Express markings. WAE was affiliated with the American Fokker company and may have considered it for its seaplane service to Catalina Island, but WAE never operated the aircraft. Location thought to be the Teterboro factory airfield. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
| Registration / Serial: | NC843W |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.11AHB |
| C/n (msn): | 905 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 to 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC843W |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.11 (B.IV) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.11 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.11AHB |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 905 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map |
| Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 to 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 562499Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
Despite two prominent private customers, Harold Vanderbilt and speedboat magnate Garfield Wood, the six-passenger F-11 flying boat was not very successful. This airframe was tested by the US Army as the YC-16. Here it is seen wearing Western Air Express markings. WAE was affiliated with the American Fokker company and may have considered it for its seaplane service to Catalina Island, but WAE never operated the aircraft. Location thought to be the Teterboro factory airfield. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
| Registration / Serial: | NC843W |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.11AHB |
| C/n (msn): | 905 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Teterboro (KTEB / TEB)Map | Region / Country: | New Jersey, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1929 to 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1928 to April 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 502347Submit Correction |
| View count: | 245 |
The route Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland is marked on the fuselage. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1928 to April 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1928 to April 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 502347Submit Correction |
| View count: | 245 |
The route Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland is marked on the fuselage. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1928 to April 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC334N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1204 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Promotional Titles: | Fox Flying House Party |
| City / Airport: | Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Colorado, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 417880Submit Correction |
| View count: | 693 |
The Rocky Mountains dwarfing the large Fokker F.32 during a 'New York to Hollywood' flight - Anthony Fokker made some fanfare around the delivery of two F.32s for WAE. A dance troupe was carried - NC333N wore different 'Fox-Fanchon & Marco Flying House Party' titles. These were the only two F.32 airframes to see airline service, and then only briefly. Not only did the Depression kick in, the type was badly underpowered even if the two pusher engines weren't overheating. Photo from: Pikes Peak Library District
| Registration / Serial: | NC334N |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1204 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map | Region / Country: | Colorado, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC334N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1204 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Promotional Titles: | Fox Flying House Party |
| City / Airport: | Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Colorado, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 417880Submit Correction |
| View count: | 693 |
The Rocky Mountains dwarfing the large Fokker F.32 during a 'New York to Hollywood' flight - Anthony Fokker made some fanfare around the delivery of two F.32s for WAE. A dance troupe was carried - NC333N wore different 'Fox-Fanchon & Marco Flying House Party' titles. These were the only two F.32 airframes to see airline service, and then only briefly. Not only did the Depression kick in, the type was badly underpowered even if the two pusher engines weren't overheating. Photo from: Pikes Peak Library District
| Registration / Serial: | NC334N |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1204 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Colorado Springs - City of Colrado Springs Municipal (KCOS / COS)Map | Region / Country: | Colorado, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC9773 |
| Fleet number: | 301 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Loening C-2 Air Yacht |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Loening C-2 Air Yacht |
| Aircraft Version: | Loening C-2H Air Yacht |
| C/n (msn): | 220 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 387241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 492 |
Any self-respecting US millionaire owned an 'air yacht', but the C-2 Air Yacht was sometimes used as an airliner, Western Air Express flying it between LA and Catalina Island. This service was taken over by Wilmington-Catalina Airline in June 1931 - see photo 356988. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
| Registration / Serial: | NC9773 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loening C-2H Air Yacht |
| C/n (msn): | 220 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC9773 |
| Fleet number: | 301 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Loening C-2 Air Yacht |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Loening C-2 Air Yacht |
| Aircraft Version: | Loening C-2H Air Yacht |
| C/n (msn): | 220 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 387241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 492 |
Any self-respecting US millionaire owned an 'air yacht', but the C-2 Air Yacht was sometimes used as an airliner, Western Air Express flying it between LA and Catalina Island. This service was taken over by Wilmington-Catalina Airline in June 1931 - see photo 356988. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
| Registration / Serial: | NC9773 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loening C-2H Air Yacht |
| C/n (msn): | 220 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 April 1929 to 30 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC5170 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1001 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 367612Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1149 |
At the short-lived Alhambra airport near LA, which cost WAE $2 million to develop according to the press. The terminal was inaugurated in April 1930 and airline operations already ceased one year later. According to ASN this F.10 crashed here on 22 December 1930. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC5170 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1001 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC5170 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1001 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 367612Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1149 |
At the short-lived Alhambra airport near LA, which cost WAE $2 million to develop according to the press. The terminal was inaugurated in April 1930 and airline operations already ceased one year later. According to ASN this F.10 crashed here on 22 December 1930. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC5170 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1001 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1930 to 22 December 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2016 |
| Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
| Photo ID: | 351541Submit Correction |
| View count: | 935 |
On display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. This aircraft was originally built as an M-4 but later reconfigured as an M-2. The type was extensively used by Western Air Express to carry mail over the Contract Air Mail Route 4 (CAM-4) between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The M-2 could carry up to 1,000 pounds of mail in its forward compartment.
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2016 |
| Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2016 |
| Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
| Photo ID: | 351541Submit Correction |
| View count: | 935 |
On display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum. This aircraft was originally built as an M-4 but later reconfigured as an M-2. The type was extensively used by Western Air Express to carry mail over the Contract Air Mail Route 4 (CAM-4) between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The M-2 could carry up to 1,000 pounds of mail in its forward compartment.
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2016 |
| Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Fleet number: | 105 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 301812Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1331 |
Western Air Express was the launch customer for the Fokker F.10, an enlarged F.VII (Roman numerals done away with for the American Fokker types). Fleet number painted as 'No 105' underneath tailplane. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Fleet number: | 105 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 301812Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1331 |
Western Air Express was the launch customer for the Fokker F.10, an enlarged F.VII (Roman numerals done away with for the American Fokker types). Fleet number painted as 'No 105' underneath tailplane. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC8047 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1006 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 16 April 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC999E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10a |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1063 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 March 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 300687Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2227 |
The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC999E |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10a |
| C/n (msn): | 1063 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 March 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC999E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10a |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1063 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 March 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 300687Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2227 |
The crash of this F.10 airframe in Kansas one year later accelerated Anthony Fokker's downfall in the USA as one of the eight victims was celebrity football coach Knute Rockne. The Fokker's wooden wing presumably failed due to moisture damage. Western Air Express had by then become part of TWA. Probably as a result of the merger, the brand new airport built by WAE here at Alhambra, near LA, was abandoned. Photo by: G Haven Bishop / The Huntington Library
| Registration / Serial: | NC999E |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10a |
| C/n (msn): | 1063 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Alhambra (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 6 March 1930 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 2015 |
| Photo by: | PhilContact |
| Photo ID: | 240621Submit Correction |
| View count: | 888 |
previously NC1475
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 2015 |
| Photo by: | PhilContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas M-1 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas M-1/2/3/4 Mail Plane |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 2015 |
| Photo by: | PhilContact |
| Photo ID: | 240621Submit Correction |
| View count: | 888 |
previously NC1475
| Registration / Serial: | N150 |
| Alternate Registration: | C150 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas M-2 Mail Plane |
| C/n (msn): | 244 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 2015 |
| Photo by: | PhilContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Fleet number: | 101 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 236157Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1037 |
From Western Air Lines archives. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Fleet number: | 101 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 236157Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1037 |
From Western Air Lines archives. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | NC4458 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.10 |
| C/n (msn): | 1000 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1989 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 172366Submit Correction |
| View count: | 466 |
1928-built Stearman C3B three-seat biplane powered by a Wright J5. Adapted to carry mail in the front two-seat compartment. Painted to represent use by Western Air Express on route C.A.M. 12.
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1989 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stearman C3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1989 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 172366Submit Correction |
| View count: | 466 |
1928-built Stearman C3B three-seat biplane powered by a Wright J5. Adapted to carry mail in the front two-seat compartment. Painted to represent use by Western Air Express on route C.A.M. 12.
| Registration / Serial: | N7550 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC7550 |
| Aircraft Version: | Stearman C3B |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1989 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | NC333N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1203 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1930 to October 1930 |
| Photo from: | William T. Larkins Collection |
| Photo ID: | 126679Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1259 |
Starting its engines while parked near Oakland's Hangar No.1 and Hangar No.2. Registration is uncertain. Must be either NC333N or NC334N, and the former reg appears to show on the fin. Photographer unknown.
| Registration / Serial: | NC333N |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1203 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1930 to October 1930 |
| Photo from: | William T. Larkins Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | NC333N |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.32 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1203 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1930 to October 1930 |
| Photo from: | William T. Larkins Collection |
| Photo ID: | 126679Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1259 |
Starting its engines while parked near Oakland's Hangar No.1 and Hangar No.2. Registration is uncertain. Must be either NC333N or NC334N, and the former reg appears to show on the fin. Photographer unknown.
| Registration / Serial: | NC333N |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.32 |
| C/n (msn): | 1203 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | April 1930 to October 1930 |
| Photo from: | William T. Larkins Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N13347 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC13347 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 247 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 247 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 247D |
| C/n (msn): | 1729 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Aircraft Name: | Captain Fred W. Kelly |
| City / Airport: | Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | August 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
| Photo ID: | 12528Submit Correction |
| View count: | 776 |
Acquired by the Museum of Flight from the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation the year before, and seen here tucked at the back of the hangar, quietly undergoing a 13 year restoration.
| Registration / Serial: | N13347 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC13347 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 247D |
| C/n (msn): | 1729 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N13347 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC13347 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 247 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 247 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 247D |
| C/n (msn): | 1729 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| Aircraft Name: | Captain Fred W. Kelly |
| City / Airport: | Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Collection: | Museum of Flight |
| Photo Date: | August 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
| Photo ID: | 12528Submit Correction |
| View count: | 776 |
Acquired by the Museum of Flight from the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation the year before, and seen here tucked at the back of the hangar, quietly undergoing a 13 year restoration.
| Registration / Serial: | N13347 |
| Alternate Registration: | NC13347 |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 247D |
| C/n (msn): | 1729 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (KPAE / PAE)Map | Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Photo Date: | August 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4897 |
| Alternate Registration: | 4897 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 9243Submit Correction |
| View count: | 877 |
This aircraft was the second of seven Air Expresses to be built. It carried four or five passengers and mails. Later to NC7955. Photo obtained from Lockheed.
| Registration / Serial: | NC4897 |
| Alternate Registration: | 4897 |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | NC4897 |
| Alternate Registration: | 4897 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 9243Submit Correction |
| View count: | 877 |
This aircraft was the second of seven Air Expresses to be built. It carried four or five passengers and mails. Later to NC7955. Photo obtained from Lockheed.
| Registration / Serial: | NC4897 |
| Alternate Registration: | 4897 |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 3 Air Express |
| C/n (msn): | 5 |
| Operator Titles: | Western Air Express |
| City / Airport: | Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1928 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |