1934

A two-bay biplane of mixed construction, with a wire braced single fin and rudder assembly and a the landing gear, with its main units retracting into the engine nacelles. The T-32 prototype made its maiden flight on January 30, 1933. Layout for most of the production batch of 21 aircraft that followed was as a luxury 12-passenger night sleeper airliner, and a number of T-32s flew with Eastern Air Transport and American Airways during the following three years of regular night service. Ten T-32 were ultimately converted to AT-32 standards and these were designated T-32C. Swissair also operated one AT-32. It was the first airliner in Europe to have a Stewardess, but sadly met a tragic end shortly after beginning service in March of 1934, when it crashed killing all on board.
Many other variants of the T-32 existed. The AT-32 differed from the T-32 in having variable-pitch propellers and full NACA cowling, in lieu to the T-32's Townsend rings. The AT-32D was developed as a 15-passenger day airliner. Two AT-32E aircraft were built for the US Navy and operated under the designation R4C-1 by the Navy and Marines as 12-passenger deluxe transports. There was also a Bomber Variant, the BT-32 and a Cargo Variant, CT-32.

CH-170 / HB-LAP	Curtiss AT-32C Condor # 53	11.04.1934 27.07.1934	Bought new from Curtiss Aeroplanes for CHF 191'131. Was the first aircraft to have a stewardess on board. Crashed in 1934 in Tuttlingen, after only three months of operation, due to a broken wing in heavy turbulences.

American Airlines	A model of the plane

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