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Here's the app. 1935 car with a "Travelair Speedwing J5 220 H.P.". The
identical-appearing car was in the picture taken at Mt. Rushmore. Does
anyone know the ownership of this car or this airplane? Is it just my
imagination, or does it look like the new car was posed carefully in front
of the new airplane? Doesn't it almost look like an ad out of "True"
magazine, showing the latest in high-tech transportation? Caption courtesy of George Nolta |
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"This is a Security Airster S-1A, with a tail number of NC-13792. The plane
was manufactured in 1933 by the Security National Aircraft Corp., owned by
the designer - Winfield B. Kinner. Floyd Nolta was the 4th owner, from 1935
to 1938, when he sold it to George Jess of Orland, CA. (Jess was later
killed fighting a forest fire in California.) This plane had its
registration cancelled in 1948, with Duck Air Services of Portala being the
ninth and final owner. (Information courtesy of Frank Nichols, Jr., of the Wings of History Air Museum, San Martin, CA". |
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Gregg Nolta thinks it may be an OX5 Jenny. Photo from collection of Floyd Nolta Caption courtesy of George Nolta |
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We think the lady is Jesse Nolta - Floyd's wife. Photo from collection of Floyd Nolta Caption courtesy of George Nolta |
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Can you help us to identify this airplane? Collection of George Nolta, 4-29-06 2-6-06 |
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via email from B. Paton, 5-22-06 Sincerely yours B. Paton |
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via email from George Nolta, 10-6-06 Thanks for this new information about the mystery plane. I thought it was particularly interesting to note that the plane was never used in combat, and that it was used for training and outfitted for photography. That makes it seem logical that the plane might have been used by the First Motion Picture Unit, where Floyd was assigned during WWII. They were making training films, and taking a lot of aerial photography. This doesn't prove it, but it sure seems to fit. George |
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