Aircraft Photo of NC12283 | Lockheed 9E Orion | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air | AirHistory.net #363442
Aircraft
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
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
Photo Comment

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

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