Aircraft Photo of NC16087 | Douglas DC-3A-197 | United Air Lines | AirHistory.net #664979
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NC16087
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3A-197
C/n (msn):1926
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location
City / Airport:San Francisco - Treasure Island (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:1939 to 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 664979
Photo Comment

The UAL Mainliner is framed with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island, which only looked like this during the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. No Pan Am flying boats are visible in the Clipper Cove between the two islands. Treasure Island was to become a land airport after the fair, but became a naval facility instead. NC16087 flew for UAL until 1955. As PI-C942 it crashed in the Philippines in 1965. Photo from: SFO Museum

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