VH-INH on the Santa Monica production line. It remained in use with ANA, Ansett-ANA and TAA (on lease) until March 1967.

Mishap at Santa Monica. 1931 machine, formerly NS1 of the US Department of Commerce, bought by Pan American Airways to be delivered to CNAC in China. Photo from: Los Angeles Times / University of California, Los Angeles

Reregistered N999BR but not known when.

Became N890CP in 1977. Registration expired in 2013

Was N159X from at least 1998 to 2018. Now expired.

Became N343P. This registration was cancelled in 2012 as expired.

Reregistered N700KC.

Became N145E about 1976.

The logo the fuselage is the Mexican coat of arms which would make this a government aircraft. The name El Cachanilla is associated with the people of the Baja Californian state capital Mexicali. The role of XC-CIE is not known but it is possible it was based at Mexicali for government use. The aircraft was sold in the US in 1973 as N357X.

Fate unknown but at some point the registration was reallocated to an Aero Commander 720.

Bare metal airframe waiting deliver to a customer. Santa Monica Aviation was a distributor for the manufacturer. This aircraft later became N848C.

Later reregistered N1005S. Santa Monica Aviation was a major Aero Commander distributor and handled many new aircraft destined for customers in the US and Mexico.

Photo probably taken at the Douglas plant at Santa Monica.

The first of three DC-4 airiners ordered by Iberia in January 1945 for delivery after the war. They enabled services from Madrid to South America via Villa Cisneros (Dakhla). EC-DAO to EC-ACD and G-BANP. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

KLM acquired six new DC-4 airliners in 1946. Named Rotterdam after delivery, PH-TAR flew the very first Amsterdam - New York service on 21 May. It was also the first KLM aircraft to wear The Flying Dutchman titles. Therefore, though the reg under the wing is tricky to read, this cannot be PH-TAP. We are pretty sure the tail on the left belongs to Dutch C-54A NL-313 as seen in photo 408646. Photo from: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

One of the C-54s acquired by KLM in 1945, and operated as military aircraft for some time. This aircraft was standing together with a DC-4 in full KLM colours which is almost certainly PH-TAR, not yet named. NL-313 was delivered to KLM at the end of 1945 and was registered in the Dutch Civilian Register on 8 January 1946 as PH-TAO but not painted on. NL-313 flew Amsterdam-New York on 27/29 March 1946. It then returned to Amsterdam. Another flight on 13/14 April 1946 continued on to Santa Monica. It then went to Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore, for conversion to seat 42 passengers. It was re-registered PJ-ALK and arrived on 2 November 1946 in Curacao. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Instiution

The forerunner of all Douglas Commercials. The sole DC-1 on the day of its first flight from Santa Monica - 1 July 1933. Note the initial aerodynamic strut between fuselage and engine cowling - soon deleted. At date of image, the aircraft was owned by Douglas Aircraft. Quickly passed to TWA for airline tests. Photo: Douglas Corporation.

The DC-5 was not a success. Only 12 were built, four ended with the US Marine Corps as R3D-2s. This photo is probably from the Douglas facility in Santa Monica, California.