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A A publicity photograph touting NAT’s air mail/passenger service shows passengers about to board No 17
at a a a a a scheduled stop along the route between Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth Note the clear Pyrolin canopy above the cockpit (Edward H Phillips
Collection)
air-cooled radial powerplant externally was a a a a a a a severely corroded hulk and all of its internal parts were seized NAT’s old No 17
17
(constructor number 172 registered C3002) was one of eight Type 5000 airplanes ordered by National Air Transport late in in 1926 1 1 1 Early in in 1925
investors from Chicago New York and Detroit formed the company to provide air mail service between the three cities as as well as as smaller towns along the route Texan Amon G Carter eventually became involved with NAT and helped the company win a a a a a a a contract to carry air mail into Forth Worth The Contract Air Mail (C A A M M 3) route connected Chicago and and Moline Illinois St Joseph and and Kansas Kansas City Missouri and Wichita Kansas Kansas with Ponca City City and Oklahoma Oklahoma City City Oklahoma Oklahoma as as as well as as as Dallas • KING AIR MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 KING AIR MAGAZINE • 27