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Wreckage and the remains of the the Davis-Douglas Cloudster, along the beach in Ensenada, Baja California. Red Harrigan is on the right side of the frame, leaning on the aircraft's Liberty Engine, John van der Linde is leaning on the opposite side.

The year must be wrong The "Ryan" Cloudster was destroyed already in 1926. From the photo we can also see it does not carry any civil registration (only Ryan's fleet number 9) introduced in 1927. As far as I can see there is no Dart in the photo.... Stig

BF Mahoney came up with an idea for an airline. "You've got the airplanes here doing a lot of local flying," he said to Ryan. "Did you ever think about running a schedule to Los Angeles back and forth on a daily schedule basis?" Ryan had doubts. Undeterred, Mahoney pointed out that "people are more ready to accept flying than you may think." And he offered to put up the money for an airline for a share of the profits. Ryan agreed, and the Los Angeles­ San Diego Air Line came into being on March 1, 1925. The fare was $14.50 one way, $22.50 round trip. It was claimed to be the first airline in the United States to operate all year on a regular schedule. On April 19, 1925, Mahoney bought a half interest in Ryan's operations--the airline, aviation school and the charter and sightseeing business--for $7,500. The two became partners under the name Ryan Airlines. www.charleslindbergh.com/plane/mahoney.asp