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OTHER RESOURCES
Some of this information comes from the biographical
file for pilot Stephens, reviewed by me in the archives of the
National Air & Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC.
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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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MOYE WICKS STEPHENS
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Moye Stevens landed once at Tucson, Thursday, September 13, 1928 at 9:45AM. He flew the Buhl Air Sedan identified as NC7570. Stephens carried three passengers identified as Dunn, Dormoy and Chapman. Dormoy was Ettienne Dormoy, designer of Buhl aircraft. Please direct your browser to the airplane's link to learn of its ultimate demise.
Stephens had a highly varied and interesting flying career. He also landed once at the Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT) on December 21, 1930 on the eve of one of the epic flights of the Golden Age. His airplane was the Stearman NR882N, the "Magic Carpet" flown around the world by Stephens and Richard Halliburton. Below, courtesy of the San Diego Aerospace Museum Flickr Stream (SDAM), is an undated photograph of Stephens (in the cockpit), with Pancho Barnes (L) and Richard Halliburton. Moye Stephens' full biography is online at the GCAT Register Web site at the link. Another photo of the three is at the link. Because of differences in dress, that photo wasn't taken the same day. The airplane below is NC882N.
Pancho Barnes, Moye Stephens, Richard Halliburton (L-R) Date & Location Unknown (Source: SDAM)
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Stephens passed away December 12, 1995, a couple of months shy of his 90th birthday; his wife followed six-months later, on June 30, 1996. He flew with Transport pilot certificate number T1667.
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THIS PAGE UPLOADED: 01/17/14 REVISED: 12/01/14
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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
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. Available as a free download at the link.
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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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