Transcontinental Air Transport Stearman Bi-Plane
Date1929
Locale
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.039
DescriptionA Transcontinental Air Transport (T.A.T.) Stearman bi-plane with the registration number NC 6410 is parked at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three cars are parked in the background. A telephone pole is in the background. The head of a person can be barely seen in the rear cockpit. Handwriting on the photograph reads, "T.A.T. Stearman -- Jack Herlihy - pilot 1929" Handwriting on the back reads, "Wright Whirlwind J-5 in Stearman Biplane used by Jack Herlihy, Chief Engineer for the Transcontinental Air Transport. 1929. Plane was first flown by Maj. Thomas J. Lanphier"On View
Not on view
March 28, 1929
July 21, 1929
September 1935
ca. 1929
