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OTHER RESOURCES
This information comes from the listings of Non-Prefixed
and Non-Suffixed aircraft reviewed by me in the archives
of the National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC.
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There are a half dozen other SM-6000-B Stinsons that landed at
the Davis-Monthan Airfield that share similar histories.
Refer to this airplane's sister ships at these links: NC10814, NC10815, NC10843, NC10845, NC10847, NC10872, NC10893
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STINSON SM-6000 B Club DeLuxe NC10815
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STINSON SM-6000 B Club DeLuxe NC10815
YEREX MACHINE
This airplane is a Stinson SM-6000B (S/N 5015; ATC #420)
manufactured in April 1931 by Stinson Aircraft Corporation,
Wayne, MI. It came from the factory with three Lycoming
R-680 engines (S/N L 470, R 409, C 408) of 215 HP each. It
was an eight- or nine-place airplane, depending upon whether
the dual controls for the copilot were removed. It
weighed 8,600 pounds gross.
We find NC10815 at Tucson probably on June 13, 1931 piloted
by Frank Glennan. He is carrying three unidentified
passengers eastbound from Los Angeles, CA to El Paso, TX
(and probably points east). No purpose is offered for
the flight.
It must have been used by the factory as a demonstrator,
then completely remodeled at the factory between June 1-17,
1933 and changed to the standard SM-6000B passenger airline
type. It was sold to Lillian C. Yerex, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras on June 17, 1933. It was ferried to the Mexican
border. Its use and disposition are unknown. It
was probably used on the Yerex-owned T.A.C.A. (Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano) line in Central
American countries. A photograph of T.A.C.A. founder Lowell Yerex is at the link.
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