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Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register 1925-1936 with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. 375 pages with black & white photographs and extensive tables

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The Congress of Ghosts (available as eBook) is an anniversary celebration for 2010.  It is an historical biography, that celebrates the 5th year online of www.dmairfield.org and the 10th year of effort on the project dedicated to analyze and exhibit the history embodied in the Register of the Davis-Monthan Airfield, Tucson, AZ. This book includes over thirty people, aircraft and events that swirled through Tucson between 1925 and 1936. It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders. Order your copy at the link.

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Military Aircraft of the Davis Monthan Register 1925-1936 is available at the link. This book describes and illustrates with black & white photographs the majority of military aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. The book includes biographies of some of the pilots who flew the aircraft to Tucson as well as extensive listings of all the pilots and airplanes. Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author, while supplies last.

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Art Goebel's Own Story by Art Goebel (edited by G.W. Hyatt) is written in language that expands for us his life as a Golden Age aviation entrepreneur, who used his aviation exploits to build a business around his passion.  Available as a free download at the link.

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Winners' Viewpoints: The Great 1927 Trans-Pacific Dole Race (available as eBook) is available at the link. This book describes and illustrates with black & white photographs the majority of military aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. The book includes biographies of some of the pilots who flew the aircraft to Tucson as well as extensive listings of all the pilots and airplanes. Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author, while supplies last.

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Clover Field: The first Century of Aviation in the Golden State (available in paperback) With the 100th anniversary in 2017 of the use of Clover Field as a place to land aircraft in Santa Monica, this book celebrates that use by exploring some of the people and aircraft that made the airport great. 281 pages, black & white photographs.

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FORD 4-AT-B NC5492

Below, courtesy of A. Radecki, NC5492 is pictured at an unidentified location. The airplane landed twice at Colorado Springs. Each time it was flown by Perry Hutton. The first visit was on Thursday, July 4, 1929 at 10:00AM. Hutton carried a copilot and six unidentified passengers. Their itinerary was a round robin flight to the Alexander Airport in Colorado Springs, to the north of Peterson Field. Hutton noted "Air Cruises" in the remarks column of the Register.

Ford NC5492, Location & Date Unknown (Source: Link)
Ford NC5492, Location & Date Unknown (Source: Link)

 

The second landing was on August 10, 1929. This time Hutton carried eight unidentified passengers on what appeared to be the same itinerary. Hutton carried Transport pilot certificate T547.

According to the link above, NC5492 was the 21st trimotor to leave Ford's assembly line. As such, it's serial number was 4-AT-21. It was named "Hi-Way." The first owner from 1928-1931 was Air Cruises Inc. of Detroit, MI. From 1931-32, NC5497 was owned by Belle Fourche Air Lines, of Belle Fourche, SD, before going back to Air Cruises.

NC5492 suffered an accident in Chicago IL November 2, 1929, just a couple of months after it visited Colorado Springs. It was sold and exported to Peru on June 22, 1933. The fate of NC5492 is unknown. Another photograph of NC5492 is at the link.

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