Detroit News--Airplane--Lockheed Orion--Early Bird--Closeups--Taking on Load of Newspapers--Item1
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The Detroit News bought a new Lockheed Orion in 1934 to assist in its news-gathering efforts. The monoplane, christened "Early Bird", contained space for a reporter or radio operator, a compact radio broadcasting station and three cameras--one of which was located in a streamlined nacelle on the left wing. The News had employed other aircraft--a Lockheed Vega and an autogiro--before purchasing "Early Bird."
The Detroit News bought a new Lockheed Orion in 1934 to assist in its news-gathering efforts. The monoplane, christened "Early Bird", contained space for a reporter or radio operator, a compact radio broadcasting station and three cameras--one of which was located in a streamlined nacelle on the left wing. The News had employed other aircraft--a Lockheed Vega and an autogiro--before purchasing "Early Bird."
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
10 June 1935
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2014.68.X.25.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The Detroit News.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.750 in
Width: 9.750 in
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