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The Aeromarine website has a great collection of photos from the early days of commercial aviation - here are some samples:
The Mendoza in May 1922 on the occasion of the record flight with 27 people of which 24 were young women, referred to as flappers in those days.
The man in the hat sitting on the upper wing is Aeromarine's Chairman Inglis M. Uppercu and right next to him is the pilot, Cyrus J. Zimmermann.
The photo was taken at the Columbia Yacht Club on the Hudson River, New York City, at the opening of the terminal at Aeromarine's airport.
"The 400 horsepower engines of the Mendoza, one of the de luxe commercial flying vessels of this (Aeromarine) fleet, lifted into the air at Keyport, N.J., the largest flapper cargo ever transported by air, and just 21 minutes later delivered the young women as a fitting bouquet of the inauguration of the airport which the company has established at the Hudson River and 82nd Street."
- Aeronautical Digest, August 1922
More Flying Flappers
"Even more flappers gracing a Model 75, this time the Buckeye in Florida in the spring of 1922."
"Aeromarine baggage label from the autumn of 1921, designed by Aeromarine's Publicity Director, Harry Bruno, at Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana."
The Mendoza in May 1922 on the occasion of the record flight with 27 people of which 24 were young women, referred to as flappers in those days.
The man in the hat sitting on the upper wing is Aeromarine's Chairman Inglis M. Uppercu and right next to him is the pilot, Cyrus J. Zimmermann.
The photo was taken at the Columbia Yacht Club on the Hudson River, New York City, at the opening of the terminal at Aeromarine's airport.
"The 400 horsepower engines of the Mendoza, one of the de luxe commercial flying vessels of this (Aeromarine) fleet, lifted into the air at Keyport, N.J., the largest flapper cargo ever transported by air, and just 21 minutes later delivered the young women as a fitting bouquet of the inauguration of the airport which the company has established at the Hudson River and 82nd Street."
- Aeronautical Digest, August 1922
More Flying Flappers
"Even more flappers gracing a Model 75, this time the Buckeye in Florida in the spring of 1922."
"Aeromarine baggage label from the autumn of 1921, designed by Aeromarine's Publicity Director, Harry Bruno, at Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana."
