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    • 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...
    • 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.
    • Wreckage near Clemenceau Airport

    • Wreckage near Clemenceau Airport

    • Marcus Rawlins

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

    • J-4 Eaglerock after hitting the edge of the arroyo on approach to the southeast at Clemenceau. Owner and pilot of the aircraft was Manuel Gutierrez of Jerome, Arizona.
    • 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...
    • "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...
    • Hanger at Douglas International

    • Hanger at Douglas International

    • Walter Johnson

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

    • The new 100 by 120 foot hangar at Douglas International Airport about 1035. The field manager's house, American Airlines officer, and Weather Bureau are at left center of the photograph.
    • Phoenix Flying Club at Florence

    • Phoenix Flying Club at Florence

    • LuCeille Baker

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

    • Members of the Phoenix Flying club at Florence Airport on April 6, 1935. The active section of the airport is behind the parked aircraft and the dirt road in the foreground leads to the highway into town.
    • Phoenix Flying Club at Mormon Lake

    • Phoenix Flying Club at Mormon Lake

    • LuCeille Baker

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

    • The "airport" at Mormon Lake is the Boggus pasture at the north end of the lake and near the summer home of the Shackelfords where the club came to stay for the week. NS21 was the Kinnear Playboy registered to Dept. of Commerce inspector E.V....
    • 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...
    • Flight instructors and cadets at Williams Airport

    • Flight instructors and cadets at Williams Airport

    • Buell Maddux

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • The first Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) class at Williams, Arizona in the fall of 1942. Instructors pictured in this photograph are Louise Brown, Buell Maddux, James Vercellino, and Rue Marshall.
    • TWA's flight research laboratory at Clemenceau

    • TWA's flight research laboratory at Clemenceau

    • Buell Maddux

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

    • At Clemenceau Airport after the commencement of the first Civilian Pilot Training program, TWA's Lockheed Electra 10-E. The aircraft was used for high altitude experiments. NC18137 was known in Arizona as Jack Frye's personal airplane and was...
    • CPT class at Smiley Field

    • CPT class at Smiley Field

    • Madaline Spain

    • Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950; Airports -- Arizona; Airplanes -- Military; World War, 1939-1945 -- History

    • CPT class at Smiley Field in Wellton, Arizona. The cadets had barracks and a mess hall at the field and were now enlisted reservists. Between primary and secondary training, there were about sixty cadets in all.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Ralph Vaughan with an OX-5 Waco 10 at Globe

    • Ralph Vaughan with an OX-5 Waco 10 at Globe

    • Unknown

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

    • Lt. Ralph Vaughan with his aerial camera and OX-5 Waco 10 at Midland Airport in Globe, Arizona. OX-5 Waco 10s were widely used for training, rentals, barnstorming, and early airmail routes.
    • Phoenix Sky Harbor flight line

    • Phoenix Sky Harbor flight line

    • Unknown

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

    • Elevated view of Sky Harbor in the spring of 1930 taken from the office roof and looking southwest. This was a time of transition for the airport after Scenic Airways had left and Jack Thornburg's Arizona Air Service moved in and took over. Note...
    • Scenic Airways fleet at Phoenix Sky Harbor

    • Scenic Airways fleet at Phoenix Sky Harbor

    • Jack Miller Williams

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

    • A portion of the Scenic Airways fleet at Sky Harbor shortly before the company liquidation. Pictured here are two Fairchild 71s, a Travelair 6000, and three Fords. Bob Reinhold stated that when all the Scenic Airways planes were gathered in...
    • 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.

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