| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Felixstowe F.5 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Felixstowe F.5 |
| Aircraft Version: | Aeromarine 75 |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Aeromarine Great Lakes Division |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1922 to September 1923 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 464936 |
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The Aeromarine 75 could seat about ten passengers and was a civil conversion of the American-built Felixstowe F.5L, itself based on a Curtiss design. Civil aviation in America lagged behind Europe through lack of government support, but Aeromarine's own airline was quite innovative, with branches in Florida and New York plus a Detroit - Cleveland service across Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Division only lasted from July 1922 until September 1923 though. In other photos its aircraft carry names and a light paint job. Here the rear fuselage reads 'Aerial Express' and a British contemporary source mentions the Aerial Express Company of Detroit. Photo from: Wayne State University This photo was added on 30 May 2022, and has since been viewed 1488 times. |