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Stinson SM-1 Detroiter Three-Quarter Ramp Profile (1927)

A three-quarter side profile of a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter monoplane with Wright Whirlwind engine parked outside airport hangars.
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter Three-Quarter Ramp Profile (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Documenting the rapid evolution of enclosed commercial airliners in 1927, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed this three-quarter profile of a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter at Long Beach Municipal Airport. The high-wing monoplane features a fully enclosed passenger cabin, steel-tube wing struts, and a Standard Steel ground-adjustable propeller driven by a Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine. Hall analyzed these contemporary cabin layouts while engineering the Ryan B-1 Brougham in San Diego.