Many thanks to Al Baldry for information about this historic aircraft's restoration. Eighty years on, Vintage Aircraft (a Division of the EAA) has produced an article (click here to read it) about the Boeing 40C pictured above (US Reg N5339. No year of manufacture is given, but the restoration article indicates that the aircraft went down in October 1928. A hint of the pleasures of early airline travel can be gained from this picture of the interior luxury (note, the pilot sat in an open cockpit!).
And the crowning glory, for those on broadband, the restorers delightful video about the project - with FLYING footage...!
The home website of the marvellous Pemberton family, who have many more historic aircraft in their hangars, can be reached by clicking here. What a great job they are doing...
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