They are a very elegant airplane. A decent flyable one will run you over $100K. But if you want a good cross-country machine that will get lots of other pilots drooling when you taxi up at an FBO, this is almost as good as a Staggerwing.
This one is in American Airlines paint:
Airlines flew them in airmail service to communities that did not have airports.This is how they did it (click on the image to enlarge it):
All-American Airlines, which operated the service in Pennsylvania and several other neighboring states, is an ancestor of USAir. They ran this service for almost ten years, including World War II.
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