Western Air Express Refueling
Date1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4.5" x 6.75" - 2 prints & one cropped copy at 2.75" x 6.75"
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.024
DescriptionA Western Air Express Tri-motor Fokker F-10 aircraft with the registration number NC 279E is being refueled near hangar #1 at Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A man stands near the wing to refuel the plane. A large crowd is standing around the airplane. Handwriting on the back reads, "First tri-motor Fokker to land at Alb. Airport. It was later put in service by Western Air Inc. from Coast to Coast with regular stops at Albuquerque, N.M."On View
Not on viewLocale
1928