American Airways
Stinson U NC12121
(c/n 9009)
The Stinson U was a
development of the earlier Stinson T (or Model SM-6000-B as it should
more
correctly be known). This aircraft had a short plane
between the outboard engines and
the fuselage thus making it, more
or less, a sesquiplane. Introduced in 1932, the big
Stinson
was the ultimate in luxury air travel
at the time. American had a dozen or so of them and they
were used mainly on the mid-western
routes out of Chicago.