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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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STINSON S JUNIOR NC12172

NC12172 was a Stinson S Junior, S/N 8077. It was a four-place, enclosed cockpit, high-wing monoplane. It came equipped with a 215HP Lycoming R-680 engine. It cruised at 125MPH with a range of 400 miles. It cost $4,995; $4,595 in 1932 as the Great Depression took over the economy. About 35 units were manufactured of the basic Stinson S.

This airplane landed once at Parks Airport, on Sunday, October 25, 1931. The pilot was H.A. Hammill who cited his home base as Detroit, MI. He was westbound to Kansas City, MO. He left us no information about passengers, or any reason for his flight through East St. Louis. I have no detailed information about the chain of custody for NC12172, or information about pilot Hammill. If you can help fill in the blanks, please let me KNOW.

At one time we do know the airplane belonged to Milton Walter Bingham. His granddaughter shared the images, below, of her grandfather's airplane with her father posing with it. The first image shows her father sitting on the horizontal stabilizer waving his hat.

Stinson NC12172 With Rider, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Site visitor)
Stinson NC12172 With Rider, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Site visitor)

The second image shows him in a classic pilot pose, leaning casually, hand on propeller and legs crossed. He had his own leather helmet and goggles, although they wouldn't really be necessary in the closed cabin Stinson.

Stinson NC12172 With Rider, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Site visitor)
Stinson NC12172 With Rider, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Site visitor)

Today, the registration number belongs to an Embraer (small passenger jet) owned by Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City. The Stinson doesn't exist anymore.

NC12172 also landed once at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO, May 19, 1933.

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