Photo of airplane
- Title
- Photo of airplane
- Creator
- United Airlines
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/52697
- Description
- Photo of United Air Lines airplane. On reverse: "Prior to losing the mail contract, due to cancellation and rebidding, United Airlines operated a fleet of planes like this, with a high speed of more than three miles a minute, and a cruising speed of 171 miles an hour on the Fort Worth-Oklahoma City-Tulsa-Kansas City-Chicago route. These planes cost $65,000 each, and incorporate the latest features of airplane design and construction. Each plane carried two pilots, in addition to the ten passengers, mail and express. These planes cut the original air mail time from Fort Worth to Chicago from eleven to six and one-half hours. These planes had two-way radio, all the latest instruments, and all proved aids to aerial navigation. The plane had a wing span of seventy-four feet, and weighed seven tons fully loaded. They provided Fort Worth with the world's fastest multi-motored plane transportation."
- Date
- 1933-09-09
- Decade
- 1930s
- Subjects
- Air travel
- Aviation
- United Airlines
- Source
- Box 230, Airplanes, 1931-1934 Folder, Item 008
- Type
- Image
- Formats
- 10x8 Photo
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph