"Hot as a '44' and Twice as Fast"
This file appears in: Wedell-Williams Air Service Goes Coast to Coast
The #44 was easily recognizable by the bright red paint job, but it also had the above caption with a pistol on the side of the fuselage.
Image Courtesy of the Wedell-Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: Wedell-Williams Air Service Goes Coast to Coast
Wedell-Williams Air Service Goes Coast to Coast
The Wedell-Williams Air Service clearly took little time to establish itself in New Orleans. In July 1929, two months after Wedell and Williams founded the company, Wedell inaugurated a route to St. Louis, MO. In the same month, the air service…