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Airliner
This aircraft was a Fokker F-10A tri-motor, (S/N 1054; ATC#
96), manufactured during July 1929 by the Fokker Aircraft
Corporation of America, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. It left
the factory with three Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines of
410 HP each. It sold in 1929 to Standard Air Lines,
Inc., Los Angeles,
CA. Standard was operated by the
Aero Corporation of California. Our pilots Jack
Frye and Paul
Richter were principals of Aero, and pilots for
Standard.
NC580K landed twice at Tucson, both times in Standard Air
Lines livery. The first landing on was on August 6,
1929. The pilot was Harold
J. Kelsey. He carried
four passengers in and 8 out of Tucson. They were eastbound,
probably to El Paso to catch the overnight train to Sweetwater,
TX on the way to the east coast.
The second landing was the return flight on August 7, 1929. The
pilot was John Martin, who also carried four passengers in
and 8 out of Tucson. They were westbound toward Los
Angeles, CA.
NC580K changed hands twice more. On May 8, 1930 it
was sold to Western Air Express, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Then
on October 9, 1930 it sold to Southern Air Fast Express,
Inc., Dallas, TX. It suffered an accident at Love Field,
Dallas on November 22, 1930 and was “washed out”. Damage
was estimated at $10,000 and the decision was made not to
rebuild. No further information.
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