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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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SARAH MARY CHARLES

 

Mary Charles learned to fly in 1929 at Clover Field, Santa Monica, CA. She landed at Parks Airport twice. She participated in the 1931 National Air Races (NAR) from California to Cleveland, OH, and that cross-country event is what brought her to Parks Field for the first time sometime between August 28 and 30, 1931 (she didn't enter a date or time in the Register). She was on her way from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH, the finish line for the NAR that year. Six other Register signers were on the same itinerary, landing between 11AM and 1PM. Besides Charles, among them were G.W. Harte, Clema Granger, James Granger, Jean LaRene, H.C. Lippiatt and R.L. Hahn.

Mary Charles, Ca. 1929 (Source: Web)
Mary Charles, Ca. 1929 (Source: Web)

 

 

Uniquely, we find her at East St. Louis again on Tuesday, September 8, 1931. Her cited Santa Monica, CA as her destination. For each of her landings she cited Santa Monica as her home base. This visit at Parks represents her return west from Cleveland. Each visit she clearly identified her airplane as Swallow NC684H.

She also landed with her Swallow once at the Davis-Monthan Airfield on Saturday, September 12, 1931, arriving from El Paso, TX with her destination cited as Santa Monica. Notice this is four days after we find her here at Parks Airport. Her signatures at Parks and at Tucson document part of her return trip to California.

Some of this information comes from the biographical file for pilot Charles, XXXX-0011, reviewed by me in the archives of the National Air & Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC. This file has many news articles, diaries and letters, as well as photographs. Mary Charles' biography is online at the Davis-Monthan Register Web site at the link. Some of the letters and news articles from her NASM file are exhibited there. I have no good photographs of Mary Charles. If you can help with photos or information, please let me KNOW. She held Private pilot certificate P17050.

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