American Airlines Flagship Skyfreighter

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20059260

Description

American Airlines' "Flagship Skyfreighter" landed at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport at 10:45 Saturday morning. Discussing the flight, left to right, are Co-pilot David Chambers and Pilot F. W. Raymond. Both men are dressed in their pilot uniforms. The plane carried 7,500 pounds of freight on its first New York-Los Angeles flight. The daily schedule is for one transcontinental flight east and one west with a layover in Fort Worth, Texas.

Archival Date

1944-07-15

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-612

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Chambers, David; Raymond, F. W.; Flagship Skyfreighter; Skyfreighter; Airplanes; Pilots; Pilot Uniforms; Airports; Fort Worth Municipal Airport; Airlines