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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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

Art Carnahan is best known as an air racer, and for his racing plane, Tilbury-Fundy Flash, an airplane he raced at the National Air Races during the 1930s. The Flash is restored and well kept in the McLean County (IL) Museum. Carnahan's biography, with photos of the Tilbury Flash, is at the link on the Davis-Monthan Register Web site. A self-published book entitled "Bloomington, Illinois Aviation 1920, 1930, 1940" compiled by Marion McClure is available, with permission, as a PDF download at the link. It contains many contemporary newspaper accounts of flight activities at Bloomington, including those with relevance to Art Carnahan.

Carnahan landed four times at Parks Airport. Each time he was based at Bloomington, IL. Each time he did not list numbers or names of passengers. His first landing on November 18, 1929 was in the Stinson SM-1 NC1019. Interestingly, he signed this same airplane into the Tucson Register in 1932 at the link.

Carnahan flew the Stinson press plane, named "Scoop," for the Bloomington, IL Pantagraph. He is pictured below at left with the "Scoop" behind him. I am not sure if "Scoop" is NC1019, does anyone KNOW?

Art Carnahan (L) With Pantagraph Stinson "Scoop" and Newsboys, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Hoppe)
Art Carnahan (L) With Pantagraph Stinson "Scoop" and Newsboys, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Hoppe)

His final three landings were in NC135K, a Monocoach 275, S/N 5026. He landed April 30, 1930, July 19, 1930 and February 24, 1932 in this airplane. No information was in the Register to suggest purposes for these flights.

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