Miss Pittsburgh is a historic airplane known for making an airmail flight from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cleveland, Ohio on April 21, 1927, the first such flight between those cities. Miss Pittsburgh was an Waco 9 airplane, using a Curtiss OX-5 engine. The plane was found and restored by OX 5 Aviation Pioneers, and is now displayed at the Pittsburgh International Airport Landside Terminal.
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