Initial registration date was 28 March 1929 (ex NC4938). It was later acquired by New England Airway, which was incorporated on 1 January 1931, and painted in their livery. Considering the factory applied swirl pattern on aluminum areas (a la Spirit of St Louis) the photo date would be closer to early 1929. The aircraft ended up in Papua New Guinea where it was destroyed by enemy action at Wau on 21 January 1942. Photo from Robinson Family Album via Tim Martin

This Ryan Brougham (ex NC4938) was acquired by the original NEA which was incorporated on 1 January 1931. Could that be managing-director George A. Robinson proudly showing it off? For the record, a copy-cat New England Airways started operating after World War II, prompting legal action which caused them to desist. The aircraft ended up in PaPua New Guinea where it was destroyed by enemy action at Wau on 21 January 1942. Photo from Robinson Family Album via Tim Martin

Registration cancelled in Jun 1931. Photo from: Denver City Library Special Collections

The source dates the photo in 1927, but the N number hints at 1928 at the earliest and Washington - New York Airline ads we found are from 1929. The lower title seems to read 'Leased from United States Air Transport', and that company supposedly existed between 1929 and 1930. Hoover Field in Arlington, where the Pentagon now stands, was a very small and notoriously dangerous airport, surrounded by a smoking landfill, radio masts and even a roller coaster. Photo from: Arlington Public Library

Ryan B-5 Brougham N9236 was built in 1929. It is displayed as "NC731M" which was used in a 1930 "San Diego-Quito Expedition" and is marked thus.

Painted to represent a Brougham which carried out an early survey flight from the city to Quito, Ecuador.

Photo taken by Margaret Olafson

G-AUNZ prepares to depart Richmond in the early hours of the morning in an attempt to make the first aerial crossing of the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. The aircraft and pilots Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood, both new Zealanders, vanished without trace. The irregular Morse tones sent from the aircraft ceased suddenly 12 hours into the expected 14-hour flight. Photo from: Hood Collection/State Library of New South Wales

G-AUIX departed Richmond for the attempted flight to the UK with a crew of two RAAF pilots and a photographer to record the adventure. The flight ended in a crash at Athens on November 26, 1928. The crew survived and the pilots flew back to Australia in 1929 in a Vickers Vellore.

Was in Papua New Guinea at the start of the Pacific War and destroyed in a Japanese air raid. Unclear if it was airworthy at the time.

Late 1920's five-seat airliner under restoration at the Yanks museum.