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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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MONOSPORT MODEL 2 NC113K
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Monosport NC113K (ATC #250; S/N 2006) landed twice at Parks Airport. It was one of seven of its type built by Mono Aircraft Corporation at Moline, IL. Its first visit was on October 14 or 15, 1929, flown by Les Bowman. Based at Buffalo, NY, he cited his destination as Los Angeles, CA. Photograph, left, from the Dwight P. Church Special Collections, St. Lawrence University (SLU) Libraries, Canton. NY.
No purpose was given for the flight, but, according to Juptner, this airplane was flown in the Class D category of the Miami to Cleveland Air Derby (part of the National Air Races) held in 1929. It placed 2nd. It was used by the Kinner Engine Company as a test bed and flown by Kinner test pilot Leslie Bowman. The airplane was new at the time, so this might have been a return to its new owner, the Kinner Airplane and Motor Company based in Los Angeles, after the Miami to Cleveland event.
A few months later, NC113K made its way to New York State and was purchased on May 19, 1930 by a photographer named Dwight P. Church of Canton, NY. The technography for NC113K is online at the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Web site at the link. Please direct your browser there for details of its life with Mr. Church.
Indeed, its second visit to Parks Airport was on Sunday March 16, 1930. Based at Los Angeles, it was flown by B.T. Stanley who cited his destination as Dayton, OH. This was probably the beginning of its eastward migration into the hands of Mr. Church.
NC113K also landed twice at Tucson, on March 7 and 14, 1930, flown by two pilots who were test pilots and demonstrators for the Kinner Airplane and Motor Company. Delta Mike Airfield supporter John Underwood states that NC113K , "... was still registered to Church as of 1/46. Almost certainly it was parted out during the war, after the ban on civilian flying...."
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