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    • Curtiss Fledgling biplane at Sky Harbor

    • Curtiss Fledgling biplane at Sky Harbor

    • Alice Jane Quick

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

    • On June 6, 1938, George Quick landed his aircraft at Sky Harbor after a long flight from Fort Worth, Texas where he had purchased it. His was the only known Curtiss Fledgling to operate commercially in Arizona. The original Fledgling was built...
    • 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.
    • Piper monoplane at Wahweap

    • Piper monoplane at Wahweap

    • Bill Green

    • Arizona -- History -- 1951 -; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes

    • The first airplane to land at Wahweap Airport in the summer of 1954. The airport's construction was still in progress and was built to be 2,600 feet long by 50 feet wide. Art Green, to the right, operated Marble Canyon Trading Post and then built...
    • Tri-pacer at Wahweap

    • Tri-pacer at Wahweap

    • Bill Green

    • Arizona -- History -- 1951 -; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes

    • Bill Green's Tri-pacer at Wahweap. The tent was used for storage of oil and miscellaneous items and also gave transient pilots an opportunity to get out of the wind. The 1966 FAA Airport Facilities records the airport with a 24 hour service but...
    • Curtiss golden flyer

    • Curtiss golden flyer

    • Bitetti, Anthony

    • Airplanes; Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930

    • Flown here by Charles F. Willard, the Golden Flyer was the first airplane in California.
    • Wiley Post with his "Winnie Mae" at Phoenix Sky Harbor

    • Wiley Post with his "Winnie Mae" at Phoenix Sky Harbor

    • Charles Hirst

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Post, Wiley, 1898-1935; Airports -- Arizona -- Phoenix

    • Another famous airplane to visit Sky Harbor, Wiley Post and his navigator Harold Gatty broke records and thrilled the world by flying the Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae" around the world in 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes.
    • Unloading a biplane at the Phoenix docks

    • Unloading a biplane at the Phoenix docks

    • Charles Hirst

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

    • A Kinner American Eagle being unloaded from a boxcar at the Phoenix railroad docks. Shipping by train was just as economical as flying and offered less exposure to the aircraft. The wings and props were crated and the fuselage covered and wheels...
    • Pegasus at the First Bisbee Air Show

    • Pegasus at the First Bisbee Air Show

    • Doherty, Ralph B.

    • Airplanes; Air Pilots; Aeronautics--Arizona--History; Air Shows

    • Didier Masson's Pegasus in front of the Warren Country Club in Bisbee, Arizona. The wheel control and interplane ailerons indicate curtiss influence, and as Masson worked for Glenn Martin at this time it was doubtless manufactured by him. The...
    • Mayse air service Spirit of Tucson at Safford

    • Mayse air service Spirit of Tucson at Safford

    • E.D. Newcomer

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

    • Charlie Mayse's B-1 Ryan Brougham at Safford, probably in 1929. These production models were touted as "sister ships" to the Spirit of St. Louis which made fine advertising but was not exactly correct as the aircraft were similar but not the same...
    • Western Air Express Sikorsky Amphibian refueling at Kingman

    • Western Air Express Sikorsky Amphibian refueling at Kingman

    • Ed Betts

    • Airplanes; Seaplanes -- History; Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950.

    • The Western Air Express S-38 Sikorsky was probably the first amphibian aircraft to visit Kingman's Berry Field. In June of 1928, Western Air Express purchased Pacific Marine Airways and this aircraft is enroute from the factory to its destined...
    • Mexican C-38 Stearman Biplanes near Naco, Sonora

    • Mexican C-38 Stearman Biplanes near Naco, Sonora

    • Fred Valenzuela

    • Airplanes, Military -- History; Aeronautics -- Arizona

    • Mexican C-28 Stearmans at Naco, Sonora during the Escobar Rebellion. The fourth aircraft is possibly an Eaglerock from Phoenix. The government airport in Naco was east of town on a cleared area near the cemetery and the Rebels used the Cananea...
    • Men with two horse hitch glider

    • Men with two horse hitch glider

    • Hansen, H.B.

    • Airplanes; Aeronautics--Arizona--History

    • A.M. Williams is in the driver's seat of this converted two horse hitch glider with a ground of men and a rattlesnake in the foreground.
    • 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.
    • U.S. army martin bomber at Phoenix Municipal

    • U.S. army martin bomber at Phoenix Municipal

    • Ira Pirtle

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

    • Handwritten log sheets of activities at Phoenix Municipal Airport on Christy Road show a Martin Bomber landing there on September 9, 1926. This would have been the second military bomber to visit the new field.
    • Wreckage of biplane at Phoenix Municipal airport

    • Wreckage of biplane at Phoenix Municipal airport

    • Ira Pirtle

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

    • The unfortunate end of a flat spin at Phoenix Municipal Airport. The flight instructor Bill Langdon was killed and the owner Louis Gay was seriously wounded. An investigation by the newly formed Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce...
    • Keystone bomber LB-6 at Phoenix Municipal

    • Keystone bomber LB-6 at Phoenix Municipal

    • Ira Pirtle

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

    • Keystone bomber LB-6 refueling at Phoenix Municipal Airport. The open fuel pit doors indicate that the new modern gas pumping apparatus was installed.
    • 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.
    • Grand Canyon pets investigating a Travelair 6000

    • Grand Canyon pets investigating a Travelair 6000

    • Irving Kravitz

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and Travel

    • A deer and a golden retriever puppy inspect the Grand Canyon Airlines plane at Red Butte Airport.
    • 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...

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