Next, Lawson built a “jumbo” airliner, the L-4, that carried 34 passengers and
After the war
ended, Alfred W. Lawson built the first multiengine airplane designed
exclusively for passengers—the Lawson C-2 in 1919. But surplus military
aircraft were a lot cheaper to buy than the C-2, and his plane did not sell.
Next, Lawson built a “jumbo” airliner, the L-4, that carried 34 passengers and
6,000 pounds (2,722 kilograms) of mail. This giant plane, however, crashed on
its first test flight, ending further development.