pilot

1927

Reprint. Description: Tri State Airlines entrant, 1927. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii.

(Diane Curry, June 18, 1996) Believe this to be...

1927

Reprint. Description: El Encanto monoplane, built and designed by its pilot Norman A. Goodard for the Dole race. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii...

1927

Reprint. Description: Pabco Pacific Flyer. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii.

May 31, 1996, (ME) The Pabco Pacific Flyer high wing monoplane...

c. 1915

Negative shows two men dressed in pilots outfits (knickers, shirt, leather helmet and goggles) standing on the wings of a large biplane. The two men are standing on either side of the engine....

ca.1935

man sitting in cockpit of airplane

1925-1940
ca. early 20th century

Taped on to cover: Airport (from beginning - including Dole Flight, Southern Cross, etc.) Black cover with black paper pages and 8 x 10 photos secured with picture corners.

ca. early 20th century

Taped on to cover: Airport (from beginning - including Dole Flight, Southern Cross, etc.) Black cover with black paper pages and 8 x 10 photos secured with picture corners.

7-Oct-46

The flight crew (and an official from the Oakland Air Show) of a TWA [Tansworld Airlines] is posed on the steps of the rolling stairway which is stationed at the open doorway. From left to right...

5-Oct-91

The Tribune photo, dated October 6, 1991, has the following caption on the back: "The 'Wings Over America' air show at Oakland Municipal Airport this weekend honored Tuskegee Airmen such as Woody...

12-Jan-35

Tribune caption on the back, May 21, 1967-- "Amelia Earhart gts roses after flying 'little red bus' from Honolulu to Oakland, Jan. 12, 1935." Photo shows Earhart just emerging from her plane....

18-Oct-28

Handwritten on the back of the photo "Oakland Airport compass swinging table. used 10-18-28." Photo shows a biplane parked on the runway at the Oakland Airport. Two men dressed in pilots...

5-Jun-68

Handwritten on the back, "Dr. Ted Schuster, San Rafael dentist, in home built Smith mini-plane, member of Experimental Aircraft Association which will exhibit at Oakland Recreation Dept. Hobby...

3-Feb-30

Handwritten on the back, "New Vance Breese mail plane." Photo shows the monoplane parked in front of a hanger. The siding under the wings is corugated metal and the rest of the plane appears to...

c. 1925

Typed paper glued to the back, "Left to right---Lt. L.W. Curtin, Commander John Rodgers and Lt. B.J. Connell, heroes of the airplane flight to Hawaii waving farewell at Oakland Pier as they...

9-Aug-27

Handwritten on the back, "Frank L. Clarke." Photo shows Clark posing in front of the nose of his plane the "Miss Hollydale." Clark is wearing jodhpurs, tall leather boots laced at the side and...

1927

Clipping on the back from the Tribune, Nov. 11, 1946--"Livingston Irving was a Dole entrant whose plane crashed at the end of the runway in the take-off. He is shown with the radio set to...

10-Aug-27

Photo was mounted on a piece of cardboard and "Norman Goddard" was written under the photo. Photo is a close-up head shot of Goddard, pilot of the "El Encanto."

See H96.1.1880 for...

16-Aug-27

Clipping on the back, Nov. 11, 1946- "Auggy Pedlar just before he stepped into the Miss Doran. About his neck, a flower wreath with the ironical words 'Good Luck!'" Photo shows Pedlar wearing a...

27-Aug

Handwritten on the back of the photo in black ink "1927 Dole Race. Swallow monoplane 'Dallas Spirit' lost at sea." Photo shows the "Dallas Spirit," which can be identified not by the name...

27-Aug

Handwritten in pencil on the back, "Mr. & Mrs. Norman Goddard and plane 'El Encanto.' Pilot of plane that cracked up on takeoff." Clipping from Tribune, August 11, 1957-"Mr. and Mrs. Norman...

27-Aug

Stamped on the back of the photo, "Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. Santa Monica, California. G-13 Public Relations Library. C 85542." Photo shows Martin Jensen climbing into the cockpit of his...

August 11-16, 1927

Photograph shows a group of men standing outside a small wooden building. A sign flapping in the wind on the roof of the building says "Restaurant, Hot Dogs, Box Lunches, Sandwiches." The men in...

17-Mar-64

Photograph shows Joan Merriam's plane in flight with another plane flying beside her. Merriam's plane is covered with a variety of sponsors it also says "Around the World Solo Flight, 1937 Amelia...

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