This Savoia Marchetti S-59 was named "Buenos Aires"
BB Fee, e-mail, 18.09.2010 17:21
My Father Warren T. Fee and his brothers Stanley, Harry and Gilbert owned a Savoy Marchetti and operated Air Tours Inc of New York City and the East Coast Flying services of Allenhurst N.J. they had two airports one of which was located off of Deal Road and Route 35 in Deal N.J. at during those years. As a kid we had a picture of this plane in the house I grew up in.
Juan Jose Membrana, e-mail, 17.08.2010 23:34
Mr. F Harris
You are right in second semester of 1926 one airplane like this with Lorraine Dietrich engine, flew from New York to Buenos aires for the very first time.
The flight was a comercial exploration flight to open the road between North and South America, then expanded by PAA
frederick harris, e-mail, 17.03.2010 15:55
I believe an aircraft of this type (Lorraine V-12) flew from New York to Buenas Aires in 1926. Crew:- Duggan, Olivero and Campanelli. Would like to have more details