Designed by a Mr Stearman with help from Messrs Beech and Cessna, the Travel Air 2000 (1925 to 1930) had a 90 hp Curtiss OX-5 engine. In 1927 this one was the first pilot school aircraft owned by Parks Air Lines. St Louis based Parks Air College used the name Parks Air Lines for a flight school and aircraft manufacturing operation at KSTL. The name Parks Airport on the sign just visible to the left is presumably for publicity purposes. In this seemingly staged photo a student may be getting his license signed off by a Dept of Commerce examiner after surviving some figure-eights, a dead stick landing and three touch-and-goes.

Manufactured by the Travel Air Manufacturing Co., Inc, of Wichita, KS., NC241 is the first Travel Air and made its maiden flight on 13th March 1925. (Source BHM).

Later VH-UGY. Registration lapsed in 1944. Photo from: State Library of Victoria

Built in 1928 before Curtiss-Wright bought out Travel Air. On loan to the museum and has a current registration with the FAA.

1927-built Travel Air 2000 fitted with original OX engine. Is now housed in the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, VA, along with the rest of Sydney L. Shannon's collection.

This 1927 Travel Air orginally had a Curtiss OX-5 inline engine. The Historic Flight at Kilo-7 calls it a Travel Air 4000 because it has improvements including a stronger undercarriage and a Continental R-670 radial, although I don't think this was one of the original Travel Air 4000 engine options.

Travel Air 2000 built in 1928 modified to resemble a WW1 Fokker D.VII. Exhibited in the Tallmantz Museum at Orange County.