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The civil version of the P-12, this is a Boeing 100, registration N873H (ex- NC873H, NX873H), c/n 1144. The photo appears to have been taken during the time it was owned and operated by Tallmantz Aviation. It is currently owned by Kermit Weeks, and is under restoration after it was seriously damaged by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

A scale model here: wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2013/10/boeing-100-paul-mantz-...

The MARIPOSA docked at Circular Quay East on 16th July 1934 and the following day, 17th July, the floating crane TITAN unloaded Kingsford Smith's aeroplane onto a barge for transport to Anderson Park, Neutral Bay.
The reference to Woolloomooloo in an error.

avro99 Yes, the shipping intelligence indicates the Mariposa was berthed at Circular Quay No. 2 wharf...which is where this pic was taken...

I gather this pic (below) might have been taken shortly before the Mariposa departed from the US...
- SMH, 19th July, 1934...item re the authorities moving to stop Kingsford Smith using the name 'ANZAC'...

NLA Fairfax pic of the aircraft at Anderson Park, Neutral Bay...see comments/links here...

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Harry Huking, Regnar T. Freng, and J.H. Woodward are pictured at Oakland Airport in 1936, examining an antenna array being tested by United Air Lines (UAL) and Bendix Radio Corporation on a Boeing 247, as part of an experimental instrument landing system that was initially developed by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). See: Innovation and the Development of Flight, by Roger D. Launius, Texas A&M University Press, 1999; Pages 91-92.