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to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. Or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author, while supplies last.
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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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.
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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
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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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A fine image of Livingston is available in the Klein Archive on this site.
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WACO ATO NX7527
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Waco NX7527
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John Livingston signed
the Airfield Register with the robust Waco NX7527 on September
11, 1928, carrying passenger M.B. Allen from El Paso to Yuma. He
revisited on September 21 with the same plane and passenger,
headed east from San Diego to El Paso. NX7527 wore
S/N A-33. It was manufactured in 1928. Other images of this airplane are at Livingston's biography link, above.
This stunning image, below, shows three Waco Taperwings
that participated in the 1928 National Air Races in Los Angeles
in September of 1928. They were flown by John Livingston
(NX7527 center), John P. Wood (NX5533 rear) and Charles W.
Meyers (NX5673 leading). The three arrived in Los Angeles
from New York with Livingston winning the Class B NY-LA Sid
Grauman Trophy Race, earning $2,500. Wood and Meyers finished
3rd and 5th respectively in this 2,539 mile race. Eddie
Ballough took second place.
Waco Race Team, 1928
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Below, John Livingston with the first-place Class B trophy
for 1928.
Waco NX7527 & John Livingston, 1928
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Waco NX7527 & John Livingston, 1928
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The next six images show NC/NX7527 as it was during August
2006. These pictures were taken by your Webmaster at the
Pioneer Airport at the Oshkosh fly-in where this airplane
is now housed.
Waco NC7527, August 2006
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NC7527 has been significantly modified since flown by Livingston.
Notice the engine cowling, wheel pants and fairings on the
landing gear struts, and the interwing struts. The landing gear itself is a different
geometry. Other changes are listed on the plaque below.
Waco NC7527, August 2006
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Below, rudder and vertical stabilizer.
Waco NC7527, August 2006
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Waco NC7527, August 2006
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Waco NC7527, August 2006
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Notice, below, the model was changed from ATO to CTO.
Waco NC7527, August 2006
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THIS PAGE UPLOADED: 10/07/07 REVISED: 06/11/23
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(as of the upload date of this page) Andy Heins of the National
Waco Club sent the B&W images at left. Andy runs
the day to day business of the Club, and we should all thank him
for the effort he expended to help us understand better the Waco
aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield way back when.
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