Russell T. Gerow, 1928
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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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Winners' Viewpoints: The Great 1927 Trans-Pacific Dole Race is available at the link. What was it like to fly from Oakland to Honolulu in a single-engine plane during August 1927? Was the 25,000 dollar prize worth it? Did the resulting fame balance the risk? For the first time ever, this book presents the pilot and navigator's stories written by them within days of their record-setting adventure. Pilot Art Goebel and navigator William V. Davis, Jr. take us with them on the Woolaroc, their orange and blue Travel Air monoplane (NX869) as they enter the hazardous world of Golden Age trans-oceanic air racing.

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Clover Field: The First Century of Aviation in the Golden State. 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.

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The four images below were not taken by R.T. Gerow, but were given to Mike Gerow by Eddie Martin (d. 1990). They are used with permission of the Eddie Martin Collection via Mike Gerow. However, some beautiful images of other Davis-Monthan pilots taken by R.T. Gerow can be seen on Earl Daugherty's and on the AIRPLANES page of this collection (Milo Burcham). See also William Hampton's page for another nice image.

The following image is by Alfred Ault Photo, Orange County News Bureau. It shows (L to R) Sol Spigel, a mechanic, R.O.D. Sullivan and Jack Reid. The image is probably ca. 1928. The caption on the rear of the image states:

"SEA BIRDS--The trio who will pilot the Albatross on the flight to set a new world record for endurance at the Orange County airport, Calif., are Sol Spigel, mechanic; R.O.D. Sullivan and Jack Reid, expert navy pilots of San Diego."

The airplane is probably the Zenith Albatross, claimed to be the largest plane in the world at the time. There is no mention of their endurance record attempt. Spigel did not sign the Davis-Monthan Register either as pilot or passenger, and the Albatross, which is most likely the model Z-12 NX3622, can be seen here. Compare the trapezoidal window in the two images.

Pilot Sullivan landed at Tucson once on June 5, 1929 flying Lockheed Vega NC891E. He carried two passengers, his wife and son.

Pilot Jack Reid landed at Tucson on December 9, 1928 flying Travel Air NC9006. Almost a year later in 1929 he was killed flying an Emsco at the Cleveland Air Races. See this link and look near the bottom of the page for an image of that Emsco, as well as a fabric swatch from it.

 
Spigel, Sullivan, Reid

Image below of Sol Spigel (L) and Eddie Martin with Fokker F-10A NC586K. NC586K landed twice at Tucson on January 28, 1930 and on May 24, 1931. Both landings were flown by Eddie Martin.

Sol Spigel and Eddie Martin in front of Fokker NC586K

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Sol Spigel & Eddie Martin

Images below of Eddie Martin. Martin landed three times at Tucson during 1930-31. He became a Lockheed Company production test pilot. Bottom image of Martin and the P-38.

Eddie Martin in Thomas-Morse Scout, date unknown
Eddie Martin

 

Eddie Martin, Lockheed Production Test Pilot, ca. May 1944
Eddie Martin

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