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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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JOSEPH E. CROSSON

 

Joe Crosson, January 26, 1930 (Source: Kalina)
Joe Crosson, January 26, 1930 (Source: Kalina)

 

Joe Crosson landed and signed the Parks Airport Register once, Wednesday, August 14, 1929 at 8:55AM.

He was the brother of Marvel Crosson (signed the Clover Field Register), the popular female aviator who was killed when her airplane crashed early during the 1929 National Air Races, Women's Air Derby. Interestingly, Marvel Crosson signed the Clover Field Register on the same day brother Joe signed the Parks Register. She had just a week or so to live.

Joe Crosson flew the Lockheed Vega to Parks Airport that he identified as NC392H. He cited his home base as Los Angeles, CA and his destination as Cleveland, OH. He was undoubtedly headed to Cleveland for the NAR, but the Aircraft Yearbook for 1930 does not list him among any of the competitors. This is probably because he was called back west after his sister was killed.

Photograph, right, was taken in 1930 shortly after he and his copilot found the wreck of the Arctic exploration plane of Carl "Ben" Eielson.

 

Joe Crosson in Arctic Gear (Source: SDAM Joseph E. Crosson Special Collection)
Joe Crosson in Arctic Gear (Source: SDAM Joseph E. Crosson Special Collection)

 

 

 

 

 

Five years later, Crosson also was asked to fly the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post back to the US after their crash in Alaska in August, 1935. He attracted mercy flights, and he developed a reputation for same during the interbellum. A 2002 biography written about him (see his link, below) was entitled, Mercy Pilot: The Joe Crosson Story.

Besides his single landing at Parks Airport, Crosson also landed once and signed the Register at the Davis-Monthan Airfield in Tucson, May 17, 1929 at 5:10 PM. His full biography is online at the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Web site. Please direct your browser there for additional photographs and useful links.

Image, above, from the online photo stream provided by the San Diego Aerospace Museum (SDAM). Please direct your browser to the link to explore their photo streams. Crosson was born June 18, 1903 and died June 21, 1949. He carried Transport pilot certificate T1643.

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