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ALSO, WHAT'S NEW AT...

Clover Field
Davis-Monthan Airfield
Grand Central Air Terminal
Parks Field
Peterson Field
Pitcairn Field

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YOUR PURCHASE OF THESE BOOKS SUPPORTS THE WEB SITES THAT BRING TO YOU THE HISTORY BEHIND OLD AIRFIELD REGISTERS

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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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WHAT'S NEW ON THE SITE?
THIS IS IT; THE ORIGINAL
NO WHERE ELSE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB IS THERE A SUITE OF WEB SITES THAT CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF OLD AIRFIELD REGISTERS, THEIR PEOPLE AND AIRPLANES

THIS PAGE PRESENTS THE MOST RECENT UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE SITE AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ADDITIONS & CHANGES TO WEB PAGES, NEW DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE, DATABASE AND SITE DESIGN REVISIONS

THIS TABLE ROUTES YOU TO THE SUITE OF WEB SITES DEVOTED TO OLD AIRFIELD REGISTERS

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ADDITIONS AND CHANGES OF WEB SITE TEXTS, IMAGES & NOTES

SEE ALSO, AT TOP LEFT, CHANGES TO THE OTHER SITES

09/28/20 AIRPLANE Laird NR7087 information uploaded to the server.

07/07/20 AIRPLANE Waco NC11241 information uploaded to the server.

02/21/20 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at AIRPLANE Travel Air NC9872.

12/21/19 PILOT Donald A. Luscombe information uploaded to the server.

12/11/19 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at PILOT Laura Ingalls.

06/20/19 NEW PHOTOGRAPH at AIRPLANE Lockheed Vega NR105W.

06/09/19 AIRPLANE Travel Air NC6085 information uploaded to the server.

05/31/19 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at AIRPLANE Travel Air NC783H; at PILOT Sydnor Hall.

05/14/19 PILOT Hezekiah McClellan information uploaded to the server.

05/11/19 PILOT Henry J. "Hank" Middleton information uploaded to the server.

01/15/19 PILOT Arthur F. Foulkes information uploaded to the server.

 

ADDITIONS AND CHANGES OLDER THAN SIX MONTHS ARE HERE.

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This Web site is, in turn, part of a suite of virtual windows that illuminate old Airfield Registers from around the United States during the Golden Age of flight. The following sites are open for you to enjoy. They exhibit and analyze for you 21,667 total airfield traffic days across the Registers. Please explore and enjoy them all!

TRAVEL HUB FOR GOLDEN AGE AIRFIELDS

Clover Field, Santa Monica, CA
WWW.CLOVERFIELD.ORG
December 31, 1928 to August 4, 1939
Number of days Register was open = 3,878
Number of landings recorded = 798 over 35 pages
Web site went online June 13, 2013

Parks Airport, East St. Louis, IL
WWW.PARKSFIELD.ORG (You're here!)
May 24, 1929 to September 10, 1937
Number of days Register was open = 3,031
Number of landings recorded = 1,141 over 55 pages
Web site went online June 13, 2013

Davis-Monthan Municipal Airfield, Tucson, AZ
WWW.DMAIRFIELD.ORG
February 6, 1925 to November 26, 1936
Number of days Register was open = 3,581 days
Number of landings recorded = 3,704 over 218 pages
Web site went online May 4, 2005
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO
WWW.PETERSONFIELD.ORG
February 22, 1929 to August 1, 1940
Number of days Register was open = 4,178
Number of landings recorded = 672 over 29 pages
Web site went online June 13, 2013
Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, CA
WWW.GRANDCENTRAL AIR TERMINAL.ORG
December 14, 1930 to October 8, 1935
Number of days Register was open = 1,759
Number of landings recorded = NN over N pages
Web site went online June 13, 2013
Pitcairn Field, Willow Grove, PA
WWW.PITCAIRNFIELD.ORG
October 22, 1927 to January 25, 1942
Number of days Register was open = 5,240
Number of landings recorded = 328 over 21 pages
Web site went online June 13, 2013

 

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06/01/17 As of June 1, 2017, all the Web sites of the Delta Mike Airfield, Inc. project are protected by Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure certificates (HTTPS://). This means all communications between your browser and these Web sites are encrypted.

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ITEMS BELOW ARE CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO DMAIRFIELD.ORG OLDER THAN SIX MONTHS BEFORE PRESENT.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, I HAVE LEFT ALL THE LINKS OPERATIONAL:

Jauary-December 2018 AIRPLANE Stearman NC563Y.

January-December 2017 PILOTS Joseph W. Harper; Andrew J. Nielsen . AIRPLANE Travel Air NC9912 BOOKS at AMAZON: “MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF THE DAVIS-MONTHAN MUNICIPAL AIRFIELD 1925-1936” “THE REGISTER OF THE DAVIS-MONTHAN MUNICIPAL AIRFIELD, 1925-1936” “Clover Field: The first Century of Aviation in the Golden State” NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at PILOT Phillip C. Collins.

August-December 2016 AIRPLANES Waco RNF NC111Y; Stinson S NC12172; Lockheed Model 9 Orion NC984Y. PILOT Luke Christopher. NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at AIRPLANE NC11435; at PILOTS Luke Christopher; Manila Davis; Norman O. Anderson.

July 1916 PILOTS Walter Clay Davis; Fred Burlew; Raymond Addison Theis; Clarence D. Chamberlin.

June 2016 PILOTS M.Vic Foley; William Gentry Shelton, Jr.; Wiley H. Post; William Currey Sanders, Sr.. NEW INFORMATION at PILOT Garnett Quinn Caldwell.

May 2016 PILOTS Garnett Quinn Caldwell; Thomas E. Halpin; May Haizlip; James Henry Kelly. NEW INFORMATION at PILOTS Marvin T. O'Dell, Leonard H. Rhiner.

January-April 2016 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at PILOT Owen Gilbert Harned; at AIRPLANE Sikorsky NC199H; at PLACE St. Louis, MO. PILOTS Marvin T. O'Dell, Owen Gilbert Harned.

August-November 2015 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at PILOTS Laura Ingalls, Phillip C. Collins; Jessie Keith Miller; at AIRPLANE Lockheed NR15W. PILOT Philip C. Collins; AIRPLANES Travel Air NC9872; Lockheed Vega NC6526.

June-July 2015 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at AIRPLANE Lockheed Altair NR15W; at PILOTS E.W. "Pop" Cleveland; Ruth Elder. AIRPLANE Travel Air B-6000 NC8113; PILOT Manila Davis.

January 2015 NEW PHOTOGRAPH at PILOT Blanche Noyes.

December 2014 NEW PHOTOGRAPH at AIRPLANE Travel Air NC5426. AIRPLANES Stearman NC783H; Travel Air NC5426.

November 2014 NEW PHOTOGRAPH & INFORMATION at PILOT James Goodwin Hall. AIRPLANES deHavilland Gipsy Moth NR9720; Lockheed Vega NC47M. PILOT Laura Ingalls.

October 2014 PILOTS Claude M. Sterling; Carl V. Vickery; Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Keith-Miller. AIRPLANES Parks P-2 NC8386; Stinson NC12180.

September 2014 AIRPLANE Lockheed NR105W, "The Winnie Mae of Oklahoma." PILOT Norman Anderson.

August 2014 NEW DOWNLOAD at PILOT C.W. "Speed" Holman.

July 2014 AIRPLANES Curtiss Robin NC356K, Waco NC11250. PILOT Willam Armitage Ong. NEW PHOTOGRAPH & INFORMATION at PILOT Blanche Noyes.

June 2014 NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at AIRPLANES Lockheed Vega NR965Y; Travel Air NC677K; Rearwin NX44E. PILOT M.Vic Foley.

May 2014 AIRPLANES Lockheed Vega NR965Y; Waco NC11435. PILOT Herbert Carl McQuigg. NEW PHOTOGRAPH at PILOT Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie.

March 2014 PILOTS Clyde Pangborn; Robert E. Turbiville; Lloyd F. Layne; Paul W. Kessler. AIRPLANE Sikorsky S-38 NC199H.

December 2013-February 2014 AIRPLANES Lockheed Vega NC898E; Lockheed Vega NC891E; Bach NC809M; Bellanca NC195N. PILOTS Leonard H. Rhiner; Orrille Emmet Bicknell; Blanche Wilcox Noyes. NEW PHOTOGRAPHS & INFORMATION at PILOT George E. Halsey.

November 2013 AIRPLANE Fokker Super Universal NC9131. NEW PHOTOGRAPH & INFORMATION at AIRPLANE Rearwin NX44E.

October 2013 PILOT Russell J. Dick; AIRPLANE Travel Air NC677; NEW PHOTOGRAPH at AIRPLANE Hamilton NC134E.

September 2013 AIRPLANE Emsco B-3 NX832H. PLACE St. Louis, MO. On-the-ground photographs taken by your Webmaster of the old Parks Airport location.

July 2013 PILOT James Goodwin Hall.

June 2013 PILOTS Marshall Headle; Frank M. Hawks; Clema Granger; James E. Granger; Amelia Earhart; Jack Frye; A.W. Gorton; Henry Belin and A. Felix duPont; John Victor Dallin; Joseph E. Crosson; E.W. "Pop" Cleveland ; Sydnor Hall; Mary Von Mach; Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie; Opal Kunz; Neva Paris; Ruth Elder, Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout; Gladys O'Donnell; Louise McPhetridge Thaden; Ruth M. Nichols; Charles W. "Speed" Holman; George E. Halsey; William N. Hudson, Edwin Hedeen, Jean LaRene, Joan Fay Shankle, Rowland Blessley, Thomas Berry Colby, Sarah Mary Charles, Lee N. Brutus, Lee V. Brusse, Vance Breese, Marguerite E. Bowman, Leslie H. Bowman, Howard T. Ailor, Art Carnahan. AIRPLANES Lockheed Altair NR15W; Rearwin NX44E; Lockheed Vega NC288W, Monosport NC113K, Hamilton Metalplane NC134E. PLACES Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO, Parks Field, East St. Louis, MO. EVENT 1929 Gardner Trophy Race.

06/13/13 FINAL DESIGN Site opened for global view at 0900 hours EDT. Happy Birthday, Chris, and Happy Anniversary to the Delta Mike Airfield, Inc. project, begun 13 lucky years ago today.

LAUNCH!!

 

Your Webmaster and Chris invoking the mouse click that made the site go global.

Work on the site began May 1, 2012.

Fourteen PILOTS, four AIRCRAFT and two PLACES were represented on the site at startup.

 

 

 

 

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