| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC12283 |
| Fleet number: | 258 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 9 Orion |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 9 Orion |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 9E Orion |
| C/n (msn): | 195 |
| Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kansas City - Charles B Wheeler DowntownMap |
| Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KMKC IATA: MKC Local: MKC Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 December 1933 to 8 February 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 363442 |
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The age of the mono-mailplane! On the right is a Northrop Alpha 4A, NC933Y, with Quality Hill in Kansas City in the background. NC12283 was delivered to TWA in May 1933. In 1935, after an accident, the Babb company rebuilt it, against the manufacturer's advice, with a Lockheed Explorer wing for Wiley Post. The hybrid, NR12283, crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska on 15 August 1935, taking the lives of Post and actor Will Rogers. Photo from: Jackson County Historical Society This photo was added on 21 May 2021, and has since been viewed 530 times. |