YOUR PURCHASE OF THESE BOOKS SUPPORTS THE WEB SITES THAT BRING TO YOU THE HISTORY BEHIND OLD AIRFIELD REGISTERS
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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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This Travel Air was serial number 1279. It landed twice at Peterson Field, first on Sunday, October 9, 1932 at 9:15AM. The solo pilot was the the airplane's owner, R.L. Harrison. Harrison arrived at Peterson Field from Pueblo, CO. He identified his destination as Denver, CO. He carried Transport pilot certificate T5356.
The second landing occurred on Thursday, August 17, 1933 at 9:45AM. The solo pilot identified himself as L.R. Allison. He also identified himself as the owner of the airplane at that time. He identified his destination as Denver,CO. Allison carried pilot certificate number 28755.
We do have a source of photographs at the Albuquerque (NM) Museum Photo Archives (AMPA) online. Below, a nice profile of NC692K taken at the Albuquerque airport ca. 1930.
R.L. Harrison serviced automobiles and Caterpillar tractors through his R.L. Harrison Company. The person is unidentified, but it is a good chance it is Harrison.
Harrison used his airplane for his business, as suggested in the photograph below, with men loading packages into the front cockpit of NC692K from the back of a light truck. Note the side curtains on the truck, and the pilot waiting in the cockpit. The person on the wing loading cargo looks like the gentleman pictured above.
Our final photograph was taken in front of the same buildings as the first one above, but the airplane has been moved. It remains unclear from the source who the person is.
I found no information about NC692K at the Smithsonian Archives. The registration number is presently assigned to a SeaRey home-built amphibious aircraft in Alabama. If anyone has record of this Travel Air, please let me KNOW.
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