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Registration Number NC8011
An Historic, Early Airliner
The Super Universal was certificated in July 1928 (A.T.C.
#52). The cockpit and cabin were enclosed, and there was room
for seven passengers. It had a service ceiling of 18,000 feet
and a cruise speed of 118 SMPH. They sold new at the factory
in 1928 for $17,500.
Fokker Super Universal NC8011 appears in the Register 81
times between September 28, 1928 and September 6, 1929.
The reason for this frequency is that NC8011 was an airliner
for
Standard Air Lines
founded by Jack
Frye,
Paul Richter
and Walter Hamilton. It was flown by seven pilots including
Hap Russell, Harold
Kelsey, William Kingsley, Frye and Richter.
Its sister ships of the line were NC3317
and NC9724.
Super Universal NC8011 (C/N 812) was manufactured in July
1928 by Atlantic Aircraft, and fitted with a Pratt & Whitney
Wasp engine (S/N 836). It sold to Aero Corporation of California
on September 28, 1928. It was the first Super Universal
acquired by Standard. Compared to NC3317,
another aircraft from the Standard Air Lines stable, NC8011
lived a short and mundane five years and four months.
Image, below, of NC8011 aloft for Standard Airlines.
After its sale to Aero Corporation of California, NC8011
transferred on February 4, 1929 to Standard Air Lines. On
August 31, 1929 it was sold to Mid-Continent Air Express,
Inc. It suffered an accident in El Paso on November 29, 1931
and was repaired and resold to Western Air Express, Inc.
on April 16, 1932. On December 3, 1933, it suffered another
accident in Las Vegas, NM and was “washed out” (NASM
records).
Refer to this link
for technical information about Fokker aircraft.
UPLOADED: 6/9/05 REVISED: 09/04/06
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