
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | NC13731 |
Fleet number: | 321 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-2 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-2-112 |
C/n (msn): | 1257 |
Operator Titles: | Eastern Air Lines |
Location | |
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Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | New York, United States |
Photo Date: | September 1936 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 762604 |
Photo Comment |
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EAL DC-2 in formation with the transatlantic Vultee V-1 NR13770 Lady Peace, flown by EAL pilot Dick Merrill. Another shot shows a second DC-2 too. Supposedly the photos were taken when Merrill set out for the big flight, but it is unlikely that he would have wasted fuel to formate with the DC-2s and the photographer's aircraft. Thus they were probably taken either before or after Merrill's transatlanic return flight, or during his return to New York, as NC13731 was the very DC-2 that flew in a new propeller for the Vultee to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland; see photos 415955 & 415972. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 27 December 2024, and has since been viewed 145 times. |