This airplane is a Travel Air E-4000, S/N 1233. It landed once at Tucson, Sunday August 11, 1929 at 11:30 AM. Pilot Leon.G. Larson was solo. Based in San Francisco, CA he was westbound from El Paso, TX to San Francisco. He remained overnight in Tucson, departing the next day. I was unable to find information at the National Air & Space Museum Archives for this airplane so I do not have the chain of custody through the years.

The images below are shared with us courtesy of long-time friend of dmairfield.org Tim Kalina. These, and many other images, have contributed greatly to our understanding of the people and airplanes of the Register.

Travel Air E-4000, NC676H, January 25, 1935

The image above is as it was shared by Tim. He guesses it is fitted with a R-540, 5-cylinder J-6 Whirlwind. Below, I have enhanced the contrast to bring out details of the wings. It was a sunny day, near noon, location unknown.

Travel Air E-4000, NC676H, January 25, 1935, Contrast Enhanced

Below is the inscription on the back of this image. I have enhanced the contrast of this image for easier reading. You can even see a fingerprint in the upper left-hand corner. Henery (sic) Cranston may have been the owner. Does anyone KNOW? Bear Photo Service, no longer in business, operated in California. There are a couple of hundred Google hits for the company.

Caption, Travel Air E-4000, NC676H, January 25, 1935

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UPLOADED: 02/14/08 REVISED: 01/31/09