Buhl Airsedan
One example completed the first transcontinental non-stop roundtrip flight, made in 1929 by the CA-6 Spokane Sun-God,[2] and the first Pope to have flown did so in a Buhl Airsedan.[6] After Buhl had ceased operations in 1932 due to declining sales as the Great Depression deepened, the drawings and jigs were purchased by the Ontario Provincial Air Service (OPAS) in Canada who then built four CA-6M's for use as fire spotting aircraft at their facility in Sault Ste.[7] Due to the excessive weight of the Canadian-Vickers built floats, the first Ontario Provincial Air Service-built CA-6M refused to leave the water until given a more powerful 440 hp (330 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine.A CA-5 Airsedan NC2915, dubbed Miss Doran, and flown by Auggie Pedlar with V. P. Knope navigating, was one of the entrants in the disastrous August 1927 Dole Air Race and like many competitors, was lost at sea.[9] Another Airsedan, a CA-6 Special NC9628 named Spokane Sun God made the first nonstop round-trip crossing the United States by air.[10][11] Nick Mamer and Art Walker flew from Spokane, Washington, to New York City and back beginning on August 15, 1929, taking 120 hours (five days) for the trip, using inflight refueling.[19] Beginning in September 1936, he initiated what may be the shortest commercial airline route, between Ciudad Altamirano to Coyuca de Catalán, a distance of about 1 km (0.62 mi), which he covered in a mere two minutes of flight time, and for which he charged 8 pesos per person.
ManufacturerBuhl Aircraft CompanyEtienne DormoyMamer Air Transport/Flying ServiceOntario Provincial Air Service (OPAS)Servicio Aéreo PaninisesquiplaneAlfred V. VervilleDeperdussinWorld War ICurtissPackardUnited States Army Air CorpsBreguet 26Tempennagechromium-molybdenum alloy steelsesquiplanescockpitsfuselageEdo J-5300 floatsGreat DepressionCanadaSault Ste. MarieCanadian VickersOntario Provincial Air ServicePratt & Whitney WaspCurtiss Carrier PigeonDole Air RaceOakland-Cleveland Air Derby during the 1929 National Air Racesinflight refuellingCurtiss RobinNick MamerSpokane, WashingtonNew York Cityinflight refuelingPackard DR-980Wright J-6 WhirlwindArgentinaAeroposta ArgentinaBuenos AiresPope Pius XIIOntariofire lookout towersCurtiss HS-2LCanadian Vickers VedettecanoesMexicoProhibitionFallbrook, CaliforniaImmigration and Naturalization ServiceMarmon coupeMoreliaManzanilloMexico CityCarlos PaniniBalsas RiverCiudad AltamiranoCoyuca de CatalánEscobar RebellionJosé Gonzalo EscobarFuerza Aérea Mexicanawing spanWright J-5 WhirlwindradialWarner ScarabWright R-1750 Cyclone 9Pratt & Whitney R-1690 HornetCherry Red AirlineCentral AirlinesNational Air TransportUnited StatesNick Mamer/Mamer Air Transport/Mamer Flying ServicedieselBlaine, MinnesotaCanadian Bushplane Heritage CentreAirfoilClark YWright J-6-9radial engineHamilton Standard1927 in aviationBuhl CA-1 AirsterBuhl Bull PupBush planeAerial firefightingBellanca CH-300 PacemakerBréguet 26TCunningham-Hall PT-6Solar MS-1Stearman CAB-1 CoachList of civil aircraftA-1 AutogiroCA-3 AirsterJ4 AirsterCA-1 AirsterLA-1 Bull PupAirbus Canada2/180 GyroplaneAvro CanadaCF-100 CanuckC-102 JetlinerCF-105 ArrowVZ-9 AvrocarBell Textron429 GlobalRanger505 Jet Ranger X525 RelentlessBoeing Aircraft of CanadaC-204 ThunderbirdA-213 TotemPB2B CatalinaBombardierCRJ100/200/440700/900/1000Global ExpressGlobalCS100/300Challenger 300Dash 8Bristol/McDonald BrothersAnson Mk.VCanadairCL-4 North StarCL-28 ArgusCL-41 TutorCL-44 Yukon