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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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TRAVEL AIR NC9912
NC9912, S/N 1122, was a Travel Air model 2000 that was modified to a model 4000. It landed twice at Parks Airport. The first landing was on Friday, July 4,1930 at 6:00PM. The second was on Saturday, Friday June 9, 1931 at 9:40AM. Both landings were flown by William A. Miller, based at Wood River, IL.
The airplane was operated by Parks Air College as a trainer. The photograph below is from the St. Louis University Digital Collection (SLUDC), dated 1930. The photograph information at the link states, "People inspecting the remains of a Parks College crashed airplane. Included in the group are students from Parks College...."
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The damage looks like a landing gone wrong, with wings striking the ground. Unless the online photo information is wrong, because it was logged in the Parks Airport Register in June 1931, the airplane was repaired to fly again.
This is corroborated by the FAA online registry database. An airworthiness certificate for NC9912 was issued December 3, 1975 to an owner in Tolleson, AZ. However, it was cancelled December 1, 2014. Although cancelled, it was immediately reserved, but not assigned, with the reservation expiring December 1, 2019. This sounds like the airplane might still be in existence.
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