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laird_00028 Diz Laird Image from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2022
CF_09-0026 Gladys ODonnell with Wedell-Williams 92 NR536V from SDASM Archives uploaded August 2020
CF_07-0165 Jimmie Wedell and Wedell-Williams No. 44 NR278V from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2020
CF_07-0033 Roscoe Turner Bendix 2nd place finisher 8_29_1932 from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2020
CF_07-0029 Bendix winner Roscoe Turner at 1933 NAR Los Angeles 7_1_1933 from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2020
BD_O Donnell_0012 Wedell-Williams 92 Racer NR536V 1932 from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2020
air show image from SDASM Archives uploaded August 2018
air show image from SDASM Archives uploaded August 2018
air show image from SDASM Archives uploaded August 2018
macewen western air express from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2018
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The Polar Star, the aircraft loaded onto HMAS Wyatt Earp for the expedition.
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TVL1970 said:
This is not the "Polar Star," Lincoln Ellsworth's Northrop Gamma 2B (NR-12269; c/n 2). That aircraft was used during Ellsworth's 1934-35 Antarctic expeditions. This aircraft is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher, RAAF Serial No. A48-13 (ex- USN BuNo 5977), used for the 1947/48 Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aboard HMAS Wyatt Earp. Originally constructed for use by the Royal Netherlands Navy (and to wear the serial V-12) in the Netherlands East Indies, the aircraft was instead delivered to the RAAF in April 1942 and used for seaplane training through World War II. The airplane was placed into storage in August 1945, soon after the Empire of Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. The aircraft was removed from storage on October 21, 1947, and prepared for use by the ANARE, including the addition of an engine pre-heater and a new high-visibility yellow paint scheme. She'd be taken aboard HMAS Wyatt Earp on December 13, 1947. See: www.adf-serials.com.au/2a48.htm Also: www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/lincoln-polar-star-... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Gamma