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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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BACH 3-CT-9 NC809M

NC809M was a large, trimotor airplane, S/N 19 manufactured in 1929. It was a 10-place airplane with one 450HP Pratt & Whitney Wasp and two 225HP Wright J-6-7 engines. About a year before it arrived at East St. Louis, it set a new altitude record, the first ever for tri-motors. On July 26, 1929 it carried a 1000 kilogram load (2,220 pounds) to 20,820 feet. The pilot was Waldo Waterman. The photograph below, right, is from aerofiles.com. The location is unknown, but Bach aircraft were first manufactured at Clover Field, Santa Monica CA. In 1929 manufacturing moved to Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys CA. Chances are this photograph was taken during 1929.

Bach NC809M, Date & Location Unknown (Source: aeorfiles.com)

NC809M landed first at East St. Louis on Saturday, April 12, 1930 at 10:30AM. The pilot was Fred Kane. He did not identify that he carried any passengers. He was on a round-robin flight from his home base, Kansas City, MO.

The second visit was on Friday, July 18, 1930 at 9:00AM. The pilot this time was Leonard H. Rhiner. He was on the same Kansas City itinerary and identified no passengers.

Please direct your browser to Rhiner's page to learn more about the use of this airplane. If you have information or photographs of NC809M, please let me KNOW.

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