PAT LOOP COLLECTION
No. 4201. Lockheed 1 Vega 1 (NC32E c/n 33) California Aerial Transport
Photographed at Lockheed Factory, Burbank, California, USA, ca. 1929, by Norman Loop

Lockheed 1 Vega

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12/22/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was delivered to the California Aerial Transport Company as an air ambulance. A description of the aircraft appeared in the Arlington (Texas) Journal newspaper on Friday October 10, 1930: 'A commercial aerial ambulance by the California Aerial Transport Company, will be kept on call at the Company's hangar at Los Angeles Municipal Airport, California. Equipment for the plane includes first aid cabinet, stretchers, hot pads, rubber blankets, sheets and pillows. The equipment is installed in the closed cabin of the plane, a form fitting bed being suspended from the roof. Accommodations are provided for pilot, doctor and nurse.'

The aircraft was subsequently sold to United Air Services and used as a 4-passenger transport between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. It crashed at San Bernardino, California, on July 9, 1934 killing one of the four people aboard."

Created May 22, 2005