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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramCaptain E. J. Kershaw standing next to a Ryan airplane
Image Number
RC04827
Date Note
Photographed on October 15, 1934.
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Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
General Note
"Florida's native airline, National Airlines, began on October 15, 1934, as Captain E. J. Kershaw prepared to take this single-engine Ryan on the first flight between Daytona Beach and St.Petersburg. The entire fleet consisted of this B7 and a Ryan B5."
Captain E. J. Kershaw standing next to a Ryan airplane
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