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
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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.' |
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Created May 22, 2005