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Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references
to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. Or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. ISBN 978-0-9843074-0-1.
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 The Congress of Ghosts 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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, or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. ISBN 978-0-9843074-4-9.
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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. ISBN 978-0-9843074-2-5.
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CURTISS OC-1 FALCON, A-7945
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This aircraft landed twice at Tucson. Both times it was flown by Major Ross E. Rowell, USMC. His first visit was solo on Tuesday, November 19, 1929. He noted in the Register "In ballast," a remark that becomes clear from the brief article below. He was eastbound from San Diego, CA to El Paso, TX. On Wednesday he turned around and flew back to San Diego carrying as passenger Captain Shearer. Below is the airplane they flew, A-7945. The photograph is from the Aircraft Yearbook, 1928, page 124.
Curtiss OC-1, A-7945, Date Unknown (Source: Aircraft Yearbook)
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This round trip was clearly documented in the Bureau of Aeronautics Newsletter for December 4, 1929. Below is that citation.
Bureau of Aeronautics Newsletter, December 4, 1929 (Source: Webmaster)
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It is fairly clear that Rowell's comment in the Register, "In ballast," was synonymous with "sandbagged" in this instance. He meant that he was alone, and, with some aircraft that would have meant the addition of a sandbag or two in the passenger or cargo compartment to maintain the correct weight and balance envelope for safe flight. Below, courtesy of the San Diego Aerospace Museum Flickr Stream (SDAM), is an undated photograph of the airplane. In this photograph, the observer/gunner rear cockpit appears to be covered over or removed.
Curtiss OC-1, A-7945, Date Unknown (Source: SDAM)
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Joe Baugher's site identifies A-7945-7948 as Curtiss F8C-1 Falcons.
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The Congress of Ghosts 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, or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. ISBN 978-0-9843074-4-9.
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