R.E.A Airplane?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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(I’ll post this over here, too, since this is the most frequented area of the forums)

I’ve learned a little about the Railway Express Agency from books and magazines and such, but I never knew they had airplanes.

The National Air Tour came to Wichita and one biplane had an R.E.A logo on the side. The pilot wasn’t around for comment and the web site only gave technical data. Can anyone enlighten me on the role of airplanes with the REA?

See the pictures I took at my website: http://www.kansaspacific.mysitespace.com/aircraft.html

Thanks for any help anyone can give

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REA had a subsidiary known as Air Express which handled package service on the scheduled airlines. This was prior to dereg so it would be unlikely that REA would have had any aircraft of its own at least in the postwar era.

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Wait a minute… Santa Fe and Chicago & Alton had planes & busses (Santa Fe Trailways) before the Justice Department stepped-in, why not REA ?

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(I’ll post this over here, too, since this is the most frequented area of the forums)

I’ve learned a little about the Railway Express Agency from books and magazines and such, but I never knew they had airplanes.

The National Air Tour came to Wichita and one biplane had an R.E.A logo on the side. The pilot wasn’t around for comment and the web site only gave technical data. Can anyone enlighten me on the role of airplanes with the REA?

See the pictures I took at my website: http://www.kansaspacific.mysitespace.com/aircraft.html

Thanks for any help anyone can give

5

REA had a subsidiary known as Air Express which handled package service on the scheduled airlines. This was prior to dereg so it would be unlikely that REA would have had any aircraft of its own at least in the postwar era.

6

Wait a minute… Santa Fe and Chicago & Alton had planes & busses (Santa Fe Trailways) before the Justice Department stepped-in, why not REA ?