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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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
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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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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Seven flights recorded in the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register identified Indianapolis, IN as their Home Base. A few identified it as their final Destination. There were several airfields in the greater Indianapolis area during the period of the Register. Only one pilot specifically identifed Schoen Field as his destination. The rest were ambiguous. All the pilots were military.
A good Web resource for studying the history and demise of historic Indianapolis-area airports is found at the site named Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields. Hoosier, and Stout Fields are at the link. Hoosier is just northwest of Indianapolis, and Stout just to the southwest. Schoen Field, established in 1922 as a military field, is northeast of Indianapolis. "Speedway", which was the Indianapolis locus for the 1928 National Air Tour, is discussed at the link.
Below, Hoosier Airport, ca. 1928-1930. This view is toward the east. Lafayette Avenue runs diagonally and Kessler Blvd. runs horizontally (north-south). On magnification, the row of objects casting shadows at lower center of the photograph is a row of automobiles.
Hoosier Airport, ca. 1928-1930 (Source: Tretter)
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Below, Hoosier Airport location, ca. 2010. The view is again to the east, with Lafayette and Kessler shown in the same positions. The area of the Hoosier Airport is now developed with restaurants, auto and video establishments. Nothing remains of the old field accept for the hint of the original property's boundaries.
Hoosier Airport, ca. 2010 (Source: Google Earth)
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Below, three views of Stout Field.
Stout Field, Indianapolis, IN, Ca. 1928-30 (Source: Tretter)
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Stout Field, Indianapolis, IN, Ca. 1928-30 (Source: Tretter)
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Stout Field, Indianapolis, IN, Ca. 1928-30 (Source: Tretter)
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THIS PAGE UPLOADED: 12/17/10 REVISED: 12/25/22
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| The aerial photos of local Indianapolis airfields, Hoosier Field and Stout Field, come to us from site visitor J.W. Tretter. The photos are from her father's albums.
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Seven flights recorded in the Register identified their Home Base as Indianapolis, IN.
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