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    • "City of Reno" and TWA 747 jumbo jet

    • "City of Reno" and TWA 747 jumbo jet

    • Unknown

    • Airplanes; Aeronuatics -- History

    • "Forty-two years of American air transportation progress," this photograph shows Bill Harrah's rebuilt 1928 5-AT-B Ford Tri-motor under the wing of a 1970 TWA Boeing 747.
    • "White Cafe" Fokker tri-motor at Clemenceau

    • "White Cafe" Fokker tri-motor at Clemenceau

    • Marcus Rawlins

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Aeronautics--Arizona--History

    • This picture and two others of the flying billboard is dated 1934. There were White Cafes in Clarkdale, Flagstaff, and Prescott and most larger communities in the state had Chrysler dealers so this was a worthwhile venture for the unknown owners...
    • Aerial view of a Ford tri-motor over Phoenix

    • Aerial view of a Ford tri-motor over Phoenix

    • Scenic Airways, Inc.

    • Airplanes; Arizona -- Phoenix

    • Scenic Airways Inc. Ford Tri-motor over Phoenix 1929-1930 in the area of First Avenue and Van Buren. Just below and left of center in the photograph is the Orpheum Theatre.
    • Aerial view of Sky Harbor

    • Aerial view of Sky Harbor

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona -- Phoenix; Aeronautics--Arizona--History

    • Sky Harbor's field was built by Scenic Airways Inc. in 1928-29 and purchased by Acme when the builders left town following the depression. East and west about 5,000 feet were available and north-south a short half mile was usable by dodging the...
    • Aeronca C-2 in Piper's Meadow in Payson

    • Aeronca C-2 in Piper's Meadow in Payson

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes

    • Theresa Boardman and Mrs. Grady Harrison with Aeronca Sales Company's C-2 Aeronca in Piper's Meadow. The engine was rated at 26 to 30 horsepower. During a take off at Payson's altitude and "with everything open but the tool box," it sounded like...
    • Ajo Municipal Airport dedication

    • Ajo Municipal Airport dedication

    • Idora Ryssell

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes

    • A crowd gathered by the U.S. Customs and Immigration post at the Ajo Municipal Airport dedication on April 12, 1930. The aircraft in the foreground is Scenic Airways' "Bathtub" fleet.
    • Alice Jane Quick and friends with F-10 Fokker

    • Alice Jane Quick and friends with F-10 Fokker

    • Unknown

    • Airplanes; Air Pilots; Women air pilots

    • Alice Jane "Kelly" Quick and friends in front of Standard Airlines F-10 Fokker at Sky Harbor Airport in the summer of 1929. This was Quick's first airplane ride and she was leaving for vacation in Los Angeles. She liked it so much that moved to...
    • Amelia Earhart at Phoenix South Central

    • Amelia Earhart at Phoenix South Central

    • Fred Payne

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; Airports -- Arizona -- Phoenix; Airplanes

    • Amelia Earhart and unidentified man with her Beech Nut autogiro at Phoenix South Central Airport.
    • Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega at Red Butte

    • Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega at Red Butte

    • Irving Kravitz

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; Airports -- Arizona

    • Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega photographed in front of Grand Canyon Airlines hangar at Red Butte Airport.
    • American Airlines Curtiss Condor

    • American Airlines Curtiss Condor

    • Barry Goldwater

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona -- Phoenix; Airplanes

    • The Curtiss Condor AT-32A was a convertible sleeper daytime version with twelve berths. When raised, its daytime capacity was 15 passengers. The Condor was the first multi-engine aircraft with retractable gear and was quiet but not very fast.
    • Apache Airlines tri-motor at Globe

    • Apache Airlines tri-motor at Globe

    • Ralph Vaughn

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes

    • The Apache Airlines Inc. 65 square foot hangar and operations office at Midland Airport in Globe. The modest office is hidden in this photograph by the Kreutzer.
    • Arizona Air Service fleet at Phoenix Municipal

    • Arizona Air Service fleet at Phoenix Municipal

    • Irving Kravitz

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona -- Phoenix; Airplanes

    • Arizona Air Service Inc. was incorporated by Jack Thornburg and he and Kravitz added another Great Lakes to the fleet. The Great Lakes "Sport" models were good trainers, liked by both instructors and students, and loved by the acrobatic...
    • Arizona Republican's aerial survey biplane

    • Arizona Republican's aerial survey biplane

    • Unknown

    • Aeronautics -- Arizona -- History; Aerial Photography; Aerial photography in geography

    • Bill Kingsley, pilot, and E.D. Newcomer starting the Republican Aerial Survey of Arizona. The plane was a clipped wing Standard with a Hispano 150 horsepower water cooled engine. With a tail wind, speeds could reach 100 mph.
    • Arizona's First Sanctioned Air Mail

    • Arizona's First Sanctioned Air Mail

    • Unknown

    • Air mail service -- United States; United States Postal Service; Air Pilots; Arizona--History--1912-1950

    • Katherine Stinson picking up Arizona's first sanctioned air mail at the Pima County Fairgrounds in her Partridge-Keller Looper. The mail would be delivered by dropping it at a vacant lot behind the receiving post office.
    • Big chicken DH-4 and pony soldiers

    • Big chicken DH-4 and pony soldiers

    • Hinkle, Lt. Stacy C.

    • Airplanes, Military--History; Arizona--History--1912-1950

    • 12th Aero Squadron DH-4 flying liason with Calvary troops on United States-Mexico border patrol in 1920.
    • Bill Daniels in Arizona flying service OX-5 American Eagle

    • Bill Daniels in Arizona flying service OX-5 American Eagle

    • Charles Hirst

    • Aircraft; Airports; Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950

    • Bill Daniels in Arizona Flying Service's OX-5 American Eagle Miss Phoenix at 24th St. and Van Buren Airport. The Arizona State Hospital building can be seen in the background to the right of center and behind the trees.

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