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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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TRAVEL AIR "SPEED WING" NX6269
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NX6269 landed at Tucson Sunday, September 9, 1928. If was flown solo by W.H. Emery, Jr. Based at Bradford, PA, he arrived at Tucson from Lordsburg, NM on his way westward to Los Angeles, CA. He was competing in the National Air Races (NAR), which were held at Los Angeles between September 8-16 that year.
This airplane is the only prototype of the Travel Air "speed wing' version of the DW-4000, S/N 708. It was manufactured by the Travel Air Mfg. Co. (founders Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna, Lloyd Stearman). It is pictured below, in Whicita, KS ca. 1929, courtesy of the San Diego Aerospace Museum (SDAM).
Travel Air NX6269, Wichita, KS, 1929 (Source: SDAM)
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Emery and 6269 were successful in the NAR in 1928, placing third in the transcontinental Class A Race from New York to Los Angeles (2,939 miles). According to the Aircraft Yearbook for 1929, he placed third overall with a time of 28:48:28. He won $1,000 for his effort. He was also successful the following year, placing 4th in the Portland, OR to Cleveland, OH Derby during the 1929 NAR. He won $450.
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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
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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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