| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC3468 |
| Alternate Registration: | C3468 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing |
| Aircraft Version: | Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing |
| C/n (msn): | 7 |
| Operator Titles: | US Mail / American Railway Express |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBOS IATA: BOS Local: BOS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 12 April 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 638278 |
| Photo Comment |
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There were still few passenger airlines in America in 1928 and here mail on route CAM-1 from New York is delivered to Boston by a new PA-5 mailplane. CAM-1 was contracted to Colonial Air Transport, who apparently hired this aircraft. Pilot Ray Wonsey is known to have flown a Mailwing for Colonial around this time. NC3468 was registered to Phineas Millis, the owner of an airfield in Mendon, Massachusetts in 1928. Note logo of American Railway Express. This was a package delivery service like UPS or DHL, which did not operate aircraft itself. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library This photo was added on 4 January 2024, and has since been viewed 223 times. |