| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NR869E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 12 Electra Junior |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 12/212 Electra Junior |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 12-A Electra Junior |
| C/n (msn): | 1225 |
| Aircraft Name: | The Texan |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 1 June 1937 to 2 April 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 416648 |
| Photo Comment |
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In front of the Babb hangar at Glendale. Jimmie Mattern again used the registration NR869E for this modified L-12. Planned long-range flights did not go ahead. Instead, Mattern used the aircraft to join the search for missing Soviet aviator Sigizmund Levanevsky, who had helped him following the crash of his Vega 5C NR869E (c/n 188) in Siberia. The L-12 was then converted to executive aircraft for owner/sponsor Republic Oil, but destroyed in a hangar fire in Miami in 1938. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 30 November 2021, and has since been viewed 300 times. |