Aircraft Photo of NX18973 | Lockheed 14-N2 Super Electra

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NX18973
Aircraft Original Type:	Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:	Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Aircraft Version:	Lockheed 14-N2 Super Electra
C/n (msn):	1419
Promotional Titles:	New York World's Fair 1939

Location
City / Airport:	New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: -

Photo Date:	10 July 1938
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	429293

Photo Comment
Last preparations for a flight around the world by Howard Hughes and crew, in 71 flying hours between 10 and 14 July 1938. The stages were between New York, Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Minneapolis and New York - too northern a route to qualify for an official record. This Super Electra was shipped to Britain in August 1940 according to the Rudy Arnold files. Apparently bought by the RAF, it crashed in Nairobi as AX688 on 10 November 1940. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 10 January 2022, and has since been viewed 641 times.

Photo Comment

Last preparations for a flight around the world by Howard Hughes and crew, in 71 flying hours between 10 and 14 July 1938. The stages were between New York, Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Minneapolis and New York - too northern a route to qualify for an official record. This Super Electra was shipped to Britain in August 1940 according to the Rudy Arnold files. Apparently bought by the RAF, it crashed in Nairobi as AX688 on 10 November 1940. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 10 January 2022, and has since been viewed 641 times.

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