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These nine images show pilots and passengers who landed
at the Davis-Monthan Airfield. One artifact is a calling
card belonging to E.E. Harmon; another of newsclippings describing
a forced landing.
Image below of a Martin (Aeromarine?) Bomber that was involved
in a forced landing with C.B. Cosgrove, Jr. on board. See
the newsclippings that follow. Images directly from Cosgrove's
album and annotated by him.
Jack Davies, Sgt. Moorehead and C.B.
Cosgrove, Jr. at Tucson
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On the ground safely at Tucson once again, above, pilot
Davies and his passengers make the news with their recent
adventure, below. Davies did not sign the Register at this
visit, but he did sign in on March 8th flying what is probably
this same airplane.
Forced Landing Newsclippings, May 8, 1926
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Donald Douglas landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield
once on March 17, 1927 and on August 25, 1927. Both times
he was a passenger in Douglas aircraft flown by Victor Bertrandias.
Interestingly, Bertrandias was an Army officer then, but
became an officer of the Douglas company later on. Below,
Douglas receives the Collier Trophy from Franklin Delano
Roosevelt in 1935 for development of the DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3
aircraft.
Donald Douglas Receives Collier Trophy, 1935
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Image, below, shows Donald Douglas at a hotel
dias with John Northrop to the right.
Donald Douglas (L) & John Northrop,
Date Unknown
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Jack Frost, right, and unidentified. It is not clear at
this time if this pilot Frost (from San Antonio, TX?) is
the signer of the Register, or if he is the Jack Frost killed
in 1927 in the trans-Pacific Dole Race (who did not sign
the Register). Can anyone recognize him
or the person next to him?
Update of 02/24/07: I have heard
from the Kansas Aviation Museum (supported with an image
of the San Antonio Jack Frost) that the gentleman below is
not the Jack Frost from San Antonio. The image below must
have been taken during or before 1927, as the Mr. Frost below
was killed in August of that year, probably lost at sea during
the Dole Race (see Art
Goebel).
Jack Frost, Right
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Lt. Col. Harry Graham, below, landed as a passenger at the
Airfield September 5 & 7, 1926. He and his pilot, Lt. Ned Schramm,
were flying round-robin from San Diego. They stayed overnight
in Tucson, returning to San Diego the next day. Graham, himself
a pilot, was a member of the Early Birds.
Harry Graham, Date Unknown
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Graham was involved in court-martial proceedings in May
1929. An article from the NY Times of May 18th states only that
the charges involved allegations of "infraction of discipline"
and nothing else.
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Roy Harding, below, landed at Tucson seven
times between July 1929 and September 1931. He was a Union
Oil representative. His landing in July 1929 included passenger Pancho
Barnes.
About six-months later Pancho made a round-trip flight to
Mexico City from Los Angeles, the first one by a U.S. woman.
Harding had briefed her on the navigational aspects of her
itinerary. See her link for a chart of her voyage.
Roy Harding, Date Unknown
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E.E. Harmon Calling Card
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Ernest
Emery Harmon
was a well-liked officer pilot. He landed twice at Tucson
in April and May 1926. He specialized in flying the Army's
large airplanes.
See his link to learn about one of his early exploits with
a large bomber.
At left is an image of one of his calling cards given to
C.B. Cosgrove during one of his visits.
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Captain Lawrence Hickey landed once at Tucson, on January
6, 1931. he was southeast bound from Clovis, NM to Houston,
TX.
Lawrence P. Hickey
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UPLOADED: 01/11/07 REVISED: 02/24/07
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