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Some of this information comes from the listings of Non-Prefixed and Non-Suffixed aircraft reviewed by me in the archives of the National Air & Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC.
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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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STINSON SM-1B NC7422
This airplane was a Stinson SM-1B Detroiter, S/N 266. It was manufactured during August, 1928 by the Stinson Aircraft Corporation, Northville, MI. It left the factory with a Wright Whirlwind engine of 220 HP, S/N 8988. It was a six-place airplane, weighing 3,485 pounds. It had a colorful history for about a decade.
It sold on August 24, 1928 to Ralph LeRoy Nafziger of Kansas City, MO. Nafziger paid $12,500 for the airplane. NC7422 landed twice at Peterson Field. It was flown both times by pilot Fred Kane (Transport certificate T669), who was the personal pilot for the airplane's owner, R.F. Nafziger. The photograph of NC7422, below, is from the link. The date, location and identification of the people were not included with the description of the image.
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The first visit at Colorado Springs was on Saturday, April 6, 1929 at 12:30PM. Kane carried three unidentified passengers and they remained at Colorado Springs for three days, departing on April 9th at 10:10AM. No reason was given for their stay in Colorado.
The second landing was on Monday, August 26, 1929 at 10:00PM. He carried one passenger and they remained overnight, departing at 2:00PM next day. For both landings Kane identified his home base as Kansas City, MO, and his destination as Kansas City.
A little over a year later, Nafziger sold the airplane to the Bach Aircraft Company for $5,000 as a trade-in on a Bach trimotor transport (probably NC809M). A month later, Bach Aircraft sold the airplane to S.T. Coughran of Buena Park, CA. According to the NASM record (left sidebar), tne seat and the toilet had been removed.
Within the next year, NC7422 landed at Clover Field twice flown by S.J. Coughran. His first landing with a single unidentified passenger was on Saturday, April 12, 1930 3:45PM. Based in Los Angeles, he identified his destination at "Western Air." Coughran flew with (Private?) certificate 11674. His second landing was a week later on Sunday, April 20, 1930 4:50PM. He identified "Metropolitan" as his destination. He carried unidentified passengers on this flight.
A little over two years later, on December 21, 1932, Coughran sold NC7422 to Henry Earl Hix (Transport certificate T28004) of Long Beach, CA. The airplane suffered an accident on February 12, 1933 at Long Beach, CA. Its license was suspended March 6, 1933 and Hix requested cancellation of its license on April 25, 1933 and reported that the "airplane disassembled & stored."
Meantime, the NASM record states, "Report from Wm. A. Smale, consul at Ensenada, B.C. Mexico 3/8/33. Airplanes have been coming in 'almost daily' at Jack GIll's ranch, San Siero, B.C. Mexico and taking on loads of liquor destined for the U.S. Two airplanes involved as most active numbered: NC7422 and NC7570 (Buhl CA-8 reg. to Hancock Fountation, College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria, CA). One plane at ranch reported 'damaged badly.'"
Still under ownership of Hix, the Bank of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA sent an enquiry on November 24, 1933 regarding, "any plane owned by 'Jimmy,' 'Hare,' or 'Heare' Hix." The NASM record does not state if the enquiry was answered. Conicidentally, Prohibition ended during December, 1933.
The airplane, however, was then recorded at the Long Beach Airport during November, 1934, about a year after Prohibition ended. During January, 1937, NC7422 was transferred to T.A.C.A., Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In August, 1938 it returned through Guatemala City to Long Beach. During September, 1938 it returned to Tegucigalpa. No further information.
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