07/31/2009. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This transport was developed from the Huff-Daland LB-5 bomber.

(David Horn Collection)

Powered by three 220 hp Wright J-5 engines, it was built for entry in the Orteig transatlantic race, and would be flown across the Atlantic by pilot Noel Davis and co-pilot Stanton Wooster. Unfortunately the aircraft crashed on take off from Langley Field, on April 26, 1927, Davis and Wooster were killed instantly.

The aircraft was rebuilt as the sole K-47A and was sold to West Indian Aerial Express. Named Santa Maria and reregistered NC1612, the airliner started operations on the Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) - Port-au-Prince (Haiti) - Santiago (Cuba) route. Pan American Airways bought the K-47A on September 20, 1928, it was sold to Cia Mexicana de Aviacion (CAM) of Mexico, registered as X-ABCQ in 1929. Its ultimate fate is unknown."