| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC799W |
| Fleet number: | 3 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 9 Orion |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 9 Orion |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 9D Orion |
| C/n (msn): | 208 |
| Operator Titles: | The Detroit News |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Detroit - Coleman A Young MunicipalMap |
| Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDET IATA: DET Local: DET Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 10 June 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 640204 |
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For The Detroit News, operating an L-5 Vega, NC32M, was not a whim. In 1934 they bought this new L-9 Orion. A radio reporter could broadcast from the plane - WWJ, on the tailfin, was the call sign of the Detroit News Radiophone. There was even a photo camera installed in the fairing on the left wing. NC799W was worn earlier by the newspaper's Pitcairn autogyro. The Orion was requisitioned as 42-62601 in 1942. Scrapped after an accident in 1947. Photo from: The Henry Ford This photo was added on 9 January 2024, and has since been viewed 334 times. |