Del 22 Dec 1937 Former Eastern Airlines as NC18124,Taken out of service by Eastern Airlines after flying some 57,000 hours, equivalent to six-and-a-half years of non-stop flying.Presented by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. 08/04/1941 "Spirit of Seventy Six" Former TWA Transcontinental,Western Air as NC1944 Under preservation work at Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar
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