Early Flight in Louisiana
A new book documents the barnstormers, aircraft designers, and airline entrepreneurs who made their mark in the deep South.
- By Vincent P. Caire
- AirSpaceMag.com, September 27, 2012
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Newman Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
During the 1920s and ’30s, Louisiana entrepreneurs and pilots proved instrumental in advancing aircraft design, revolutionizing cropdusting, establishing airmail routes, and entertaining spectators with air races. In Louisiana Aviation: An Extraordinary History in Photographs, pilot and freelance writer Vincent P. Caire chronicles the state’s history of flight in 196 vintage and contemporary photographs, many never before published.
Pictured: An airshow at Menefee Field in 1929 featured a bathing-suit contest and a flight demonstration by this Transcontinental Air Transport mailplane.
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Comments (3)
Sorry I cannot positively identify the aircraft, but landing gear bracing and wing strut arrangements are not consistent with Stearmans.
Posted by Mark Breeding on September 27,2012 | 04:23 PM
You are looking at the wrong gear bracing and wing strut arrangements.
Posted by Don Lee on October 1,2012 | 08:43 PM
... From what can see of the plane's struts and tail, it looks like it could be a Pitcairn Mailwing, or at least similar to the Mailwing I can see in my pix of NASM from my last visit in 2005.
Posted by Don Lee on October 1,2012 | 09:27 PM