2 results found
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 334585Submit Correction |
| View count: | 564 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-1-109 |
| C/n (msn): | 1137 |
| Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
| City / Airport: | Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 334585Submit Correction |
| View count: | 564 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-1-109 |
| C/n (msn): | 1137 |
| Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
| City / Airport: | Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 July 1933 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 8739Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1402 |
The forerunner of all Douglas Commercials. The sole DC-1 was ordered by Howard Hughes for TWA and first flew on 1 July 1933. Here used by the airline for tests before delivery for commercial use on 15 September 1933. Bought by Hughes in 1936. Later to G-AFIF, EC-AGN and EC-AAE being damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Malaga with Iberia in December 1940. Note the slender slab-sided fuselage, original fin shape and spatted tailwheel. Photo obtained from Douglas.
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-1-109 |
| C/n (msn): | 1137 |
| Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 8739Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1402 |
The forerunner of all Douglas Commercials. The sole DC-1 was ordered by Howard Hughes for TWA and first flew on 1 July 1933. Here used by the airline for tests before delivery for commercial use on 15 September 1933. Bought by Hughes in 1936. Later to G-AFIF, EC-AGN and EC-AAE being damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Malaga with Iberia in December 1940. Note the slender slab-sided fuselage, original fin shape and spatted tailwheel. Photo obtained from Douglas.
| Registration / Serial: | NX223Y |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-1-109 |
| C/n (msn): | 1137 |
| Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
| City / Airport: | Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |