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• Aircraft Type: Ryan C-1 Foursome
  Constructor's Number (MSN): 401
  Place of manufacture: Detroit
  Registration: NC557N
  Operator: Max Loeb
  Previous Identities: (Originally a Packard diesel-powered C-2, converted to 240hp Wright R-760 and used by Horlicks Malted Milk Company)
  Notes and comments:  Max Loeb and Dick Decker attempted an Atlantic crossing from Point Michaud Beach NS to Dublin (and on to Palestine) 11 August 1939 using NC557H but were lost at sea. The last Atlantic crossing attempt before war broke out. Loeb is seen with the Ryan at Floyd Bennett Airport NY
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• Photographer: unknown
  Location: Floyd Bennett Airport NY
  Date Photographed: August 1939
  Original Media: Acme News print #884874
  Registration: NC557N
  Digitized: 22 October 2020 
  Posted to GAA:22 October 2020
  GAA Image Number: 50357-1
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