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Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register 1925-1936 with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. 375 pages with black & white photographs and extensive tables
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The Congress of Ghosts (available as eBook) 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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 (available as eBook) 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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Clover Field: The first Century of Aviation in the Golden State (available in paperback) 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. 281 pages, black & white photographs.
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BELLANCA CH-300 NC195N
This airplane was S/N 180. It is signed in the Parks Airport Register six times between August 25, 1930 and May 6, 1932. Each time it was flown by Leonard H. Rhiner based in Kansas City, MO. He cited no passengers, but it is improbable that he wasn't carrying them at some point in time.
Please direct your browser to Rhiner's page to learn about the contexts of his flights with NC195N. The airplane was owned at the time by Bruce Dodson, an insurance company executive, for whom Rhiner was employed as corporate pilot.
Below, courtesy of Mr. Woodling (right sidebar), are two photographs of NC195N after it was owned by Dodson.
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In 1932, NC195N was sold by Dodson to cosmetologist Thomas L. Luzier ("Beautiful Since 1923") as documented in a news article at Rhiner's page. Luzier (1872-1947) and his pilot flew the airplane to California where they swapped it for another Bellanca belonging to actress Ann Harding (1902-1981).
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By 1934, NC195N was moved to Ketchikan, AK where it was mounted on floats as seen in these photographs. The lettering on the fuselage behind the wing struts below says, "Aircraft Charter Service." The lettering behind the engine cowl says "Bellanca." Aircraft Charter Service was owned and operated by Herbert A. Munter from 1934, as outlined in the following news article, left, from the Seattle Times. The younger Munter was killed just a year later during WWII. The senior Munter then operated in Washington after the war. Refer to his obituary at left.
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I have no information about the later life or final disposition of NC195N. If you have information or photographs, please let me KNOW.
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