Aircraft Photo of NR3947 | Travel Air 3000 | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #563705
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NR3947
Aircraft Original Type:Travel Air 3000
Aircraft Generic Type:Travel Air 3000
Aircraft Version:Travel Air 3000
C/n (msn):321
Display Paint:Germany - Air Force
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:1938 to 1939
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID: 563705
Photo Comment

Here is a Travel Air 3000 pretending to be a German "Fokker D-VII". It is a rare photo by Stan Staples showing NR3947 configured as a crop duster, but still painted as it was used in the movie "Men With Wings" (released in July 1938). Note the spreader system fitted below the fuselage. By 2020, more than 80 years later, this aircraft was still current on the USCAR, by now with the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur airport (Maryland Heights, MO), still under the same registration N3947.

This photo was added on 13 April 2023, and has since been viewed 240 times.


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