Pickwick Airways  Ryan B-5 Brougham   NC314K                         (c/n  213)

                                    

                                             Pickwick Airways was founded in March 1939 by Charles F. Wren.   It opened with a
                                             three times daily service from, Los Angeles to San Diego, using  Bach 3-CT-8 Air Yachts.
                                             This was quickly expanded to services to San Francisco and Mexico City.    Fairchild
                                             FC-2s and Ryan Ryan Broughams were added to the fleet.  The above shot is from
                                             a post card I picked up in a San Diego jumble sale.  Wren then extended (over-extended)
                                             services to Guatemala City and San Salvador whereby the aircraft were titled Pickwick
                                             Latin American Airways .  Can you imagine flying from Mexico City to Guatemala City
                                             in a Ryan B-5!   Whether Wren thought he could compete with Pan American or not is
                                             not known, but by 1930 the airline had dissolved.