Aircraft Photo of NR223Y | Douglas DC-1-109 | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air | AirHistory.net #767097
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NR223Y
Fleet number:300
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-1
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-1-109
C/n (msn):1137
Operator Titles:TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:May 1935 to December 1936
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 767097
Photo Comment

DC-1 NR223Y after its record flight across the US using the Lear Model L Lear-O-Scope, which was a direction finding loop for navigation. The loop is visible on the cabin roof. NR223Y was sold to Howard Hughes for a his round-the-world but he used a Lockheed 14 instead. The DC-1 was then sold in the UK as G-AFIF. It ended up in Spain. The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers / The Museum of Flight

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