Can anyone help identify this vintage aircraft, origin, and possible flight history. Airplane has this number of its wing, NC 7210.
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3$\begingroup$ Do you have a picture of this airplane? Or more information? It's difficult to answer without more to go on. $\endgroup$– GdDApr 1, 2019 at 13:09
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$\begingroup$ @VtC - It seems pretty clear what's being asked. It may not have been asked well, but with (currently) 2 answers pointing at the same thing, it seems perfectly clear... $\endgroup$– FreeManApr 1, 2019 at 13:49
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1$\begingroup$ @FreeMan Registration numbers can be reused, can't they? So the plane identified by the two answers isn't necessarily the one the asker is thinking of. $\endgroup$– David RicherbyApr 1, 2019 at 14:10
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My step grandfather, Roy Danischefsky, purchased the Ryan B-1 Brougham #157 NC 7210 in Sept 1928 from Mahoney-Ryan Aeronautics for Midwest Airlines (Wisconsin). He flew it for Mid-West as a private charter and to promote flight as a new transportation option. Here is a photo of him in front of the plane.
Also - Here a photo of the plane from San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/5684139991/in/photostream/
Where is this plane now? I would be VERY EXCITED to know that it is still exists. Many of these planes did not survive.
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There is (or was) a Ryan B-1 Brougham of construction number 157 registered as NC7210 according to airhistory.org.uk.
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This registration record page says it's a Ryan B-1 Brougham. That's the same company that built the Ryan Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic, though it's a different model aircraft. The page linked says a couple aircraft of this model were used in a Lindberg movie, flown by the late Paul Mantz.
answered Apr 1, 2019 at 13:26