Paul E. Richter
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Paul Ernest Richter Jr. was an American aviation pioneer, co-founder of Standard Air Lines and executive vice president of Trans World Airlines, operations chief of staff of the Naval Air Transport Se
Captain Paul E. Richter, US Navy WWII
Western Airlines
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Western Airlines was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline based in California, operating in the Western United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and western Canada, as well as to New York City, Bost
Paul E. Richter
…Richter and Frye set a commercial aircraft altitude record of 22,680 feet (6,910 m) in one of Standard's Fokker F-10 tri-motor aircraft. In March 1930, Western Air Express bought controlling interest in Aero Corp, but continued to operate Standard Airlines as a separate airline. Western Air Express made Richter, Frye, and…
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
A Fokker F-10 aircraft operated by the airline's precursor, Western Air Express, in the late 1920s.
Douglas M-2 operated by Western Air Express.
Douglas DC 4 landing at San Diego