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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, while supplies last.

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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 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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AJO, ARIZONA

Landing Fields, 1931 (Source: Pitcairn)
Landing Fields, 1931 (Source: Pitcairn)

 

 

Ajo, AZ is about 100 miles west northwest of Tucson. Only two pilots who signed the Register identified Ajo as their final destination. It was not an airfield frequented often by Register pilots.

At right is a section on page 10 of the 1931 Standard Oil book shared with us by friend of dmairfield.org David Pitcairn and cited in the left sidebar. It states that the old Ajo airfield was located about five miles north of town.

 

Below, Ajo airfield in the 1937 Department of Commerce (DOC) volume (see the REFERENCES) is described as follows. There is a significant change between 1931 and 1937, in that now there are four distinct landing strips as opposed to a single large, irregularly-shaped area. There also appears to be fuel available (day only) at the field, rather than having to call the Standard Oil Company for truck delivery.

DOC Airway Bulletin Description, 1937 (Source: Kalina)
DOC Airway Bulletin Description, 1937 (Source: Kalina)

The present-day airfield (see below) is about five miles north of town, suggesting that the modern Ajo airport stands on or near the original site.

Ajo today is a town of about 4,000 people. Ajo flourished for a while from its copper mine, which can be seen as the bluish areas south and east of the city near the bottom of the Google Earth view below. The circular area is the open pit of the New Cornelia Mine. The mine is no longer in operation.

The "X"-shaped area at the top of the photo is the Ajo airport. Upon close view, only the asphalt NW-SE runway is open and used. There appear to be two hangar buildings on the "L"-shaped apron, but no aircraft are visible on the ground in this photograph.

Google Earth View of Ajo, AZ, December, 2010 (Source: Google Earth)
Google Earth View of Ajo, AZ, December, 2010 (Source: Google Earth)

In the 21st century, Ajo is an area attractive to retirees. Because of its proximity to the Mexican border, it serves as home for many U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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THIS PAGE UPLOADED: 12/14/10 REVISED: 04/24/18

 
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Two Register pilots identified Ajo, AZ as their final destination.

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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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Some of the information on this page comes from the following book donated by David Pitcairn:

Standard Oil Company of California. 1931. Landing Fields of the Pacific West. 5th Ed. Published May 15, 1931.

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