Miss Pittsburgh “Miss Pittsburgh” flew the first airmail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland on April 21, 1927. This picture was taken during that inaugural flight.
Courtesy: https://www.photoantiquities.org/ (Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History)
Miss Pittsburgh “Miss Youngstown," a sister airplane to "Miss Pittsburgh," flew along on the first airmail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland on April 21, 1927. This picture was taken during that inaugural flight.
Courtesy: https://www.photoantiquities.org/ (Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History)
Miss McKeesport “Miss McKeesport," a sister airplane to "Miss Pittsburgh," flew along on the first airmail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland on April 21, 1927. This picture was taken during that inaugural flight.
Courtesy: https://www.photoantiquities.org/ (Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History)
Miss Pittsburgh “Miss Pittsburgh” flew the first airmail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland on April 21, 1927. This picture was taken during that inaugural flight, as the plane was christened.
Courtesy: https://www.photoantiquities.org/ (Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History)
Miss Pittsburgh (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Clifford Ball Clifford Ball (Barbara Ewing)
Congressman M. Clyde Kelly Congressman M. Clyde Kelly (Library of Congress)
Miss Pittsburgh (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" in flight, year unknown. Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1962. (Smithsonian Institution)
Miss Pittsburgh (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Miss Pittsburgh (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Miss Pittsburgh (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Miss Pittsburgh A group of aviation enthusiasts in Pittsburgh called the OX5 Aviation Pioneers, co-funded by Ball, located Miss Pittsburgh in 1993. They had the plane refurbished and restored with the help of students and instructors at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. (PIA School of Aviation Maintenance and Electronics)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" was donated to the airport and unveiled in the Landside Building on April 28, 1995. (OX5 Aviation Pioneers)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" was donated to the airport and unveiled in the Landside Building on April 28, 1995. (Allegheny County Airport Authority)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" was donated to the airport and unveiled in the Landside Building on April 28, 1995. (Allegheny County Airport Authority)
Miss Pittsburgh "Miss Pittsburgh" was donated to the airport and unveiled in the Landside Building on April 28, 1995. (Allegheny County Airport Authority)
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