Aviator Pete Reinhart eating a meal with his wife after flying for 247 hours straight, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Aviator Pete Reinhart eating a meal with his wife after flying for 247 hours straight, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

1929

Date

1929

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Aviator "Pete" (Roland Battreal) Reinhart (right) is examined by medical professionals, and receives a fresh meal at the Biltmore after landing a 247 hour flight, breaking the world's endurance record with the Angeleno, a plane flown with co-pilot Loren W. Mendell. A similar photograph appears with the article "JAMMED CONTROLS FORCE RECORD FLYERS TO LAND: Mendell and Reinhart in Air More Than 246 Hours Before Mishap; Physical Condition Good," Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1929: 1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Getting Filled Up and the Bristles Taken Off / Food and a shave were the first desire of R. B. Reinhart and Loren W. Mendell when they came down after nearly 247 hours in the air. Reinhart is shown having his first regular meal sitting up in bed at the Biltmore with his wife sitting beside him.
Text from negative sleeve: Reinhart, Pete. Pilot.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Reinhart, Ila, 1907-1940
Reinhart, Pete, 1901-1978

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.04988453

Latitude

-118.2541608

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Airplanes--American--California
Medical examinations--California--Los Angeles
World records--United States--California
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles