The Davis-Monthan Aviation Field Register

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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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http://www.cafepress.com/content/global/img/spacer.gifThe 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 a 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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OTHER BOOKS FOR YOU

"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.

"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 a business around his passion.  Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. ISBN 978-0-9843074-1-8.

"Winners' Viewpoints: The Great 1927 Trans-Pacific Dole Race" is available at the link. Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. 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. ISBN 978-0-9843074-3-2.

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AIR RACES

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EVENTS planned for coverage on this Web site because they are related to the Davis-Monthan Airfield and its pilots or airplanes are:

1927

August 16-17, 1927: The great Trans-Pacific Dole Race.

September 23-24, 1927: The 1927 National Air Races, Spokane, WA. Although not directly related to the operations of the Davis-Monthan Airfield or our Register, the 1927 National Air Races were populated by our pilots. For example, Paul Richter placed 6th in the Free-For-All race (Event #8). This download will get you a copy of the schedule, prizes and regulations for participants in the 1927 National Air Races. NOTE: this document is not the program for attendees. This is what the racers were given to clarify rules and regulations for all the events, and to describe the prizes to be awarded. This document graciously provided from the collection of Ruth Richter-Holden, and it is the one her father read and used in 1927.

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1928

June 30-July 28, 1928: Direct your browser to this link to learn about the 1928 Edsel B. Ford National Reliability Air Tour that passed through Tucson July 10th.

And this link to learn about the 1928 National Air Races "On to Los Angeles".

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1929

The 1929 National Air Races and first Women's Cross-Country Derby

 

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1930

The 1930 National Air Races and Women's Pacific Air Derby

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1931

The 1931 National Air Races. Although not directly related to the operations of the Davis-Monthan Airfield or our Register, the 1931 National Air Races were populated by our pilots. For example, Phoebe Omlie won the Women's Division transcontinental handicap derby that year. Other Register pilots won or placed in other events. This download will get you a copy of the schedule, prizes and regulations for participants in the 1931 National Air Races. NOTE: this document is not the program for attendees. This is what the racers were given to clarify rules and regulations for all the events, and to describe the prizes to be awarded. This document graciously provided from the collection of Charles Cooper, Winkler County Airport, TX.

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1932

The 1932 National Air Races

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1933

The 1933 National Air Races

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1934

The 1934 National Air Races

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1935

The 1935 National Air Races

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1936

The 1936 National Air Races took place in Los Angeles, CA September 4-8. A number of Register pilots competed and won various events.

 

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UPLOADED: 05/05 REVISED: 02/10/06, 03/05/08, 05/12/10, 06/13/13

 
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