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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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