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Douglas DC-2 | The Douglas DC-2 was the result of TWA wanting a better airliner than the Boeing 247 of United Air Lines. Douglas came through with an historically important aircraft and sold 220 aircraft which were flown by airlines all over the world. Soon the even more important DC-3 was born. Shown in this group are postcards of the DC-2 in my collection. |
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Farman Goliath | One of the great early passenger aircraft from France. This aircraft made many height and distance records early on. Many aircraft entered service in 1920. Stroud lists 56 different aircraft in his book European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Not mentioned in the book are two Goliaths that went to the first Cuban airline in 1920. So far I have not seen a postcard for one of those. Shown below are Goliath postcards from 7 airlines in 3 different countries. |
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Fokker F-VII/3m | Anthony Fokker had been building single engined airplanes for many years when he heard of the Ford Reliability Tour sponsored by Henry Ford in the United States. That tour was a contest and he added two engines to his Fokker F.VII aircraft and entered the tour with the Fokker F.VIIa-3m. He made an effort to make sure his aircraft landed first on the first few legs of the tour and as a result got most of the publicity from the press. The result was Pan Am chose two Fokker F-VIIb-3m aircraft for its flights to Cuba in 1927. Many other airlines around the world also purchased the 3-engined Fokker aircraft for their own use. |
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Ford Tri-Motor | Flying in the United States in the early 1920's did not have a very good reputation with airplane accidents being big news around the country. Henry Ford wanted to change that and developed the 3-engined Ford Tri-Motor in 1925. He sponsored the Ford Reliability Tour to showcase the additional safety qualities that multiple engined planes could provide. His Ford Tri-Motor aircraft became one of the most important planes designed to carry passengers safely in the 1920's in the United States. |
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Junkers F.13 | The Junkers F.13 was the first all metal passenger carrying aircraft. First manufactured in Germany it carried 4 passengers and was used by a number of European airlines. Some planes made it to South America and were used by SCADTA in Colombia, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano in Bolivia, and Syndicato Condor of Brazil although I have not seen a postcard showing the F.13 for Syndicato Condor. |
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Lockheed Model 10 Electra | The 3rd entry into the 1930's race to produce a modern airliner after the Boeing 247 and DC-2 was the Lockheed Model 10 Electra which first went into service with Northwest Airlines in 1934. It was smaller but faster than its rivals and fit into a niche with many smaller airlines around the country. |
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One Postcard per Aircraft | In the other albums in this folder of aircraft I show groups of some of my favorite airliners. There are so many other great aircraft used by the airlines that I decided to do an album showing one postcard per aircraft. I tried to choose a postcard that best showed the aircraft. The cards will represent aircraft which went into service with the airlines from the early days until 1959 since my collection basically covers the first 50 years of passenger aviation. This will be a long work in progress and I'll add cards over time. I may change some images also depending if I think another one best shows the aircraft. I'm listing the cards in alphabetical order by aircraft with the country of manufacture below. At this point I don't even know how many different airliners I have in my collection so this album will really be a long work in progress. |
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