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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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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HERBERT CARL McQUIGG
Carl McQuigg landed and signed the Register three times at Parks Airport. His first two andings were on November 6 and November 15, 1931. He flew the Waco he identified as NC11435. He left no record of passengers. He identified his home base and destination as St. James, MO on November 15th.
His third landing was on Thursday, January 14, 1932. He flew a Waco he identified as NC11243. He noted no passenger names. He identified his home base and destination as St. Louis, MO.
McQuigg's aviation career expanded during the 1930s. He managed the Lewiston, PA airport. He also flew airmail for a time under the banner of Pennsylvania-Central Airlines (PCA). PCA was founded on November 1, 1936 by the merger of Pennsylvania Air Lines and Central Airlines. PCA was based at Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh.
During the 1930s, McQuigg also entered Aeronca aircraft in various local and national race events. The Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph, October 11, 1935, headlines the second annual, three-day Pennsylvania Air Tour with, "SCORES OF PLANES POISED FOR START." And, departing from the Harrisburg Airport, "H. Carl McQuigg, of Lewistown, led off, putting his tiny Aeronca into the air at 9 o'clock. He had the slowest ship making the tour, having a cruising speed of but sixty-five miles an hour." The first stop in the Tour was Johnstown, PA, then Erie, Pittsburgh, Kylertown, Williamsport, Sunbury, Bloomsbury, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Allentown, Lancaster and finally Philadelphia. In total there were 18 stops on the Tour. McQuigg's Aeronca was one of 60 aircraft participating.
The Telegraph of July 31, 1936 reported a career move by McQuigg as follows.
| Carl McQuigg, pilot and, for the past several years, operator of the Lewistown Airport, has gone to Sunbury where he will have charge of planes and student instruction under the direction of John Abuiso, manager of the Sunbury airport. |
Further, the Telegraph, September 7, 1937, cites a victory in association with the National Air Races. At this time McQuigg is identified as the operator of the Lewiston Airport in central Pennsylvania.
LEWISTOWN PILOTS WIN AERIAL PRIZES Lewlstown, Sept. 7 H. Carl McQuigg, operator of Lewistown Airport, and Richard Y. Cargill, airplane owner and pilot, placed third in the flivver division of Taylor Air Derby held in connection with the National Air Races at Cleveland. They entered their Aeronca training plane in the time derby between Akron. Columbus and Cleveland and ended in the money. Recently McQuigg carried off the majority of the prizes in the two-day air meet at Lock Haven. |
McQuigg was married to Elizabeth "Dolly" for 62 years. Dolly was was a flight attendant for Pennsylvania-Central Airlines where she met McQuigg. They raised five children and enjoyed up to the time of their passing ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
McQuigg passed away September 26, 2002, exactly eight years to the day before Dolly. He was one of a handful of Register pilots to live to see the 21st century. Among them were John Miller, Bobbi Trout, Howard Boddorff and a few others. An obituary, below, appeared in the December, 2002 issue of "RUPANEWS," the journal of the Retired United Pilots Association. I have no photographs of McQuigg. If you can help, please let me KNOW.
| H. CARL MCQUIGG Captain Carl "Squeakie" McQuigg, 93, of 9324 Chelsea Dr. S, Plantation, FL 33324, died September 26, 2002. He came to this area in 1969 and was a pilot with United Airlines. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, of 61 years, 5 children, 10 grand-children, 4 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.... |
How did McQuigg become involved with United Airlines? In April 1947 Pennsylvania-Central Airlines changed its name to Capital Airlines. And on June 1, 1961 Capital Airlines was merged into United Airlines.
Although the obituary cites his age as 93, some online sources identify McQuigg's age as 105 years. I could find no reason for the nickname "Squeakie." In addition to his three landings at East St. Louis, McQuigg also logged a single landing at Pitcairn Field in Willow Grove, PA.
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