monoplane

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: two contesting airplanes. Reprints of original by Jackson Welsh. Preparations for the Dole flight to Hawaii.

May 31, 1996 (Marcia Eymann) This is the Aloha airplane a...

1928

From back of photograph: "Oakland Airport 3/13/28." Photograph of landing field at Oakland Airport, looking out to the Bay. Three aircraft (a monoplane and two biplanes) are parked in the...

1929

Handwritten on the back of the photo, "Stinson monoplane of Century Pacific Air Lines, Oak-L.A. at Oak airport." Photo shows the plane parked on the runway, three men standing on the far side of...

6-Mar-28

Typed paper glued to the back, "THE FAIRCHILD CABIN MONOPLANE, which is being now used by Fairchild Aerial Surveys for aerial mapping work. From this type of plane the accompanying obliques of...

20-Mar-29

Handwritten on the back "Mar. 20 1929." Photo shows a monoplane sitting on a dirt field. On the side of the plane is written "The 'Sierra' cabin monoplane, mfd by Aircraft Industries, San...

12-Mar-28

Typed paper glued on the back, "New Ryan plane flown to Oakland for delivery to Mutual Inland Airlines, Inc., for service on Oakland-Stockton-Sacramento run. See Jack Hewson, pilot." Photo shows...

23-Mar-31

Handwritten on the back, "Jack Barrett along side Heath plane, monoplane." Photo shows a man wearing trousers, leather jacket, shirt and tie, and hat leaning on the propellar of a small monoplane...

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...

5-Oct-31

Clipping on the back, Oct. 5, 1931--"ALL SET FOR FASTEST COAST FLIGHT An attempt to fly the Pacific coast airway between Oakland and Los Angeles faster than it has ever been flown before will be...

1-Aug-37

Clipping on the back, Aug. 1, 1937--"R.P. Bowman, (right) Bay Airdrome flier, and Lloyd Stearman, plane manufacturer, discuss the 'foolproff' monoplane which Stearman delivered to Bowman. Inset...

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 black pen on the back, "1927 Dole Race Goddard monoplane 'El Encanto' crashed on takeoff." Photo shows the "El Encanto" either coming in for a landing or taking off. The plane is...

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...

22-Jul-89

People are wandering around at the Livermore Air Show, looking at old aircraft (biplanes and single wing aircraft) and a large modern four-engine military transport at upper center. A striped,...

16-Aug-27

Photograph shows a monoplane taking off with people lining the runway on the far side. A stamp on the back claims the photo is from "Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc." A typed piece of paper,...

27-Aug

Typed clipping attached to the back, "Watch your credit-- 'P & A Photos' SF7037-- (San Francisco Bureau). FLIERS TO HOP FOR HONOLULU AUGUST 16. Nine planes, pilots and navigators are now...

26-Jul-81

The Tribune photo, dated March 28,1984, has the following caption on the back: "Spectators look over aerobatic planes as the show." [Note: the date on the Tribune caption is almost three years...

6-May-31

Typed paper glued to the back, "Associated Press Photo From New York. Please use credit. WORLD'S LARGEST LAND PLANE. The Fokker F-32, world's largest land plane, piloted by Capt. Eddie...

4-Aug-30

Typed paper glued to the back, "Caution watch credit From Los Angeles. LA 3043 Associated Press Photo. STARTS ROUND-THE- WORLD FLIGHT-- This is the Emsco 'Good-Will' monoplane in which Roger Q...

31-Oct-29

Typed paper glued to the back, "Associated Press Photo...From New York. Caution watch credit. ENTERED IN GUGGENHEIM SAFETY TESTS. One of the newest types of planes entered in the Guggenheim...

27-Sep-87

The Tribune photo, dated September 27, 1987, has the following caption on the back: "Pilot Julie Clark after performing 'aerial ballet." The handwritten notation reads "Julie...

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