List of Different Types of Airplanes in the World

* Pitcairn Mailwing with which began operations as Eastern Air Transport Inc.¹

lone existing example) and the Pitcairn Mailwing biplane, which was used for air mail delivery in the 1920s and '30s.²

(174 downloads) 1927 Pitcairn Mailwing PA-5 Golden age of aviation U.S. Mail biplane. Includes full moving parts and original panel. by Tom Miller.³

1927 Pitcairn Mailwing PA-5 Golden age of aviation U.S. Mail biplane. Includes full moving parts and original panel. by Tom Miller.⁴

aircraft—from the vintage Pitcairn Mailwing that carried mail in the U.S.⁵

Andy Body's champion model of a Pitcairn Mailwing airplane at the 1928 Old Home Week Parade Courtesy of the PA State Archives Size: Approx.⁶

Climbing into his open biplane, a Pitcairn Mailwing, he took off from Newark's cinder runway. After half a dozen stops for fuel and repairs, he landed in Los Angeles, in record time, on Oct.⁷

EAA's restored Pitcairn Mailwing, NC95W, flies over Wisconsin countryside, taken by EAA photographer Bonnie Kratz.⁸

in the Museum's Pitcairn Mailwing and took off to meet them....thinking it would be appropriate for two of the aeroplanes which were so important to Captain Merrill's career to fly together.⁹

Pitcairn Mailwing, Over Eastern Airlines first route map of the United States East Coast, with dates. Obverse shows the inscription.¹⁰

the beautiful Pitcairn Mailwings, early airmail planes of which Steve still has several maintained in pristine condition in his hangars in NJ.¹¹

The developer of the Pitcairn Mailwing plane, as well as one of the first commercial airlines which later became known as Eastern, Pitcairn is best known for his role in developing the autogiro, ¹²

The Pitcairn Mailwing was first flown by Texas Air Transport in 1927, but it was best known for flying on Pitcairn's mail route between New York and Atlanta, ¹³