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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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GLADYS O'DONNELL
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Gladys O'Donnell was a Charter member of the 99's (link has a nice biography) and she was a participant in the August, 1929 Women's Derby of the National Air Races (NAR).
She landed twice at Parks Airport. Her first visit was Saturday, August 24, 1929 as a participant in the NAR. Parks Airport was an overnight stop for the cross-country event that year. At the end, she won second place in the Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH race with a time of 21:21:43. She earned $1,950 for her effort. Sister pilot Louise Thaden took first place.
She identified her airplane as a Waco, but did not enter a registration number. We know from the history books, though, that the registration was NC21M, a sleek taperwing model.
Her second visit to St. Louis was on Wednesday, September 9, 1931 at 9:50AM, also in NC21M. Based at Long Beach, CA, she cited her destination also as Long Beach. No purpose was listed in the Register for this landing, however the NAR that year ran from August 29-September 7, and she was probably on her way west from Cleveland. According to this REFERENCE for 1932, he did compete in the 1931 NAR and took first places in events 27 and 28, and 3rd place in event 29. She won a total of $2,850 for her efforts.
Besides her landings at Parks Airport, O'Donnell also landed and signed the Clover Field Register three times and the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register twice. Her full biography is online at the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Web site at the link. Please direct your browser there for additional photographs, links and records of her other race activities.
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