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Fleet list of Aeromarine aircraft
Aircraft of Aeromarine West Indies Airways and Aeromarine Airways
It is difficult to tell the exact number of aircraft that Aeromarine
operated, because none of them had to be registered,
hence no registration numbers on individual aircraft, and thus no definitive fleet list for the airline.
The good thing is that Aeromarine named all of its aircraft - the problem is
that they renamed a couple of them.
I have had to go through airline issued PR literature and period articles
and try to puzzle out a fleet list based on the names associated with the different model types.
/Daniel
Aeromarine Model 50 | |
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open/enclosed front cockpit and open/enclosed rear passenger compartment. Photo of a Model 50. |
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Name of aircraft: | Remarks: |
Aeromarine Model 50 No. 1 | |
Aeromarine Model 50 No. 2 | |
Aeromarine Model 50 No. 3 | |
an excerpt of which was printed on a flyer. |
Aeromarine Model 75 | |
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bi-wing flying boat with 2 Liberty engines, 11 passengers, 3 crew (pilot, assistant pilot/mechanic and steward/bowman), open center cockpit and enclosed front/rear passenger compartments. Photos of Model 75s. |
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Name of aircraft w/photo link(s): | Remarks: |
Santa Maria![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ex-Aeromarine Navy Cruiser/Aeromarine Aerial Cruiser. Christened on June 22, 1920, at Keyport, N.J. Rechristened on October 23, 1920, at Columbia Yacht Club with Pinta. Inaugurated Key West to Havana service with Pinta on November 1, 1920. Circumnavigated Eastern U.S. in September 1921. Inaugurated Detroit-Cleveland service with Wolverine on July 14, 1922. Most famous and well utilized of Aeromarine’s flying boats. Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Pinta![]() |
Christened at Columbia Yacht Club with Santa Maria on October 23, 1920. Inaugurated Key West to Havana service with Santa Maria on November 1, 1920. Broke away from mooring in Havana harbour during a storm and crashed onto rocks on January 15, 1921. Total loss except engines/instruments, though no injuries or loss of life. |
Niña![]() ![]() ![]() |
Arrived in Key West from Keyport on Thanksgiving Day 1920 and went into
service the next day.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Columbus![]() ![]() |
Arrived in Miami on December 11, 1920, from Keyport. Forced to make an
emergency landing in high seas en route to Havana from Key West on January 13, 1923.
Sank with loss of 4 passengers and U.S. Mail. See article on the disaster.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Balboa![]() |
Reached Florida in January/February 1921 from Keyport. Flying boat on
famous baggage label.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Ponce de León![]() ![]() |
Reached Florida in late February 1921 from Keyport. Broke away from mooring
in Havana harbour during a storm and hit rocks and flooded early in 1923. Complete loss,
but no injuries or loss of life. See this page for a view of the wreck.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Mendoza (Gov. Cordeaux)![]() ![]() ![]() |
Replacement for Pinta with first service in Florida in the autumn of 1921.
Record NYC flight with 27 people at one time in May 1922. Rechristened to honour Governor
of the Bahamas, January 1923.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Wolverine![]() ![]() ![]()
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Inaugurated Detroit-Cleveland service with Santa Maria on July 14, 1922. |
Buckeye![]() ![]() ![]() |
One of the regular flying boats on the Detroit-Cleveland service, summers 1922 and 1923, also saw service in Florida during winter seasons. |
Polar Bear![]() |
Special model produced for Uppercu’s hunting expedition to the Arctic Circle in spring 1923. |
mentions six Model 75s ("six eleven-passenger cruisers of the F5L type"), although no individual aircraft names. We may assume that they were the six Model 75s listed in the timetable of winter |
Aeromarine Model 85/80 | |
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2 crew (pilot and mechanic), open center cockpit and open/enclosed front passenger compartments. Photos of Model 85s and photo of a Model 80. |
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Name of aircraft w/photo link: | Remarks: |
Pennsylvania | Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
New York | Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Miami![]() |
Christening in the spring of 1921.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Florida![]() |
Used on sightseeing and charter flights at Miami in the spring of 1922.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Virginia | Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
New Jersey | Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Ambassador![]() ![]() |
Used on sightseeing and charter flights in the New York City area in the summers of 1921 and 1922.
On August 8, 1921, the New York Times reported that the Ambassador had made a forced landing inside Sandy Hook Bay and that it was used "in regular passenger service between Atlantic City and New York". ((Information from Dennis Parks, Senior Curator, The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA.) |
Morro Castle![]() |
Shipped to Puerto Rico in January 1923; did exploration/barnstorming flights there and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
McAlpin![]() |
Cargo carriage of millinery between New York and Boston in the summer of 1921. |
Vanderbilt![]() ![]() |
Used in a publicity stunt in 1922, where flowers were dropped from the air on the New York's Soldiers and Sailors Monument. |
Presidente Zayas | Inaugurated "Highball Express" New York City to Havana via Beaufort, S.C.,
Miami and Key West September 23-25, 1921. Named for President of Cuba.
Listed in timetable of winter 1921-22 as part of Aeromarine's then current fleet list. |
Niagara | Operated on the Lake Erie route between Cleveland and Detroit in the summer of 1922 (brief magazine reference). |
Waldorf | |
Biltmore![]() |
Did aerial sightseeing flights in New York City and charter and tourist flights at Lake George, N.Y., in the summer of 1921. |
Ritz-Carlton | |
mentions six Model 85s ("navy coast patrol six-passenger boats of the HS2L type"), although no individual aircraft names. |
Aeromarine AMC Flying Boat | |
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6 passengers, 2 crew (pilot and mechanic), open center cockpit and open front passenger compartments. Photo of the AMC. |
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Name of aircraft w/photo link: | Remarks: |
Morro Castle II![]() |
First metal hull flying boat constructed in U.S. Test Flight from New York City to Puerto Rico and return January to February 1924. |
(Fleet list compiled by Daniel, December 2003)
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See also Photos of Aeromarine aircraft - page1 (Model 50, 80, 85 and AMC) and page 2 (Model 75).
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This page last updated February 12, 2012.