Autogiro, Missing Link, sits on the tarmac outside Hangar One at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1931

Title: Autogiro, Missing Link, sits on the tarmac outside Hangar One at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created: [circa May - June, 1931]
Date: 1931-05/1931-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: A similar photograph of the Missing Link autogiro in flight is captioned, "Crowd Marvels at Strange Aircraft Autogiro as it appeared when dropping vertically to the ground at Los Angeles Airport and inset, John Miller of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., pilot of machine's first transcontinental trip," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3
The autogiro, Missing Link, sits on the tarmac of Mines Field in the near distance at center. It is viewed from its port side and faces back to the left. Its rudder points down towards the right. Along the side of the plane, from front to back, identification marks read, "THE MISSING LINK," "JOHNNY MILLER," and "NC10781 PITCAIRN AUTOGIRO." Behind and to the right of the plane, a large crowd gathers on the tarmac. The Moorish tower of Hangar One is visible rising in the distance, behind the autogiro's rudder. In the distance at left, another aircraft sits on the tarmac.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Missing Link of Aviation Ends Flight Here: AUTOGIRO REACHES CITY Strange "Windmill" Aircraft Flops Down Quietly After Long Flight Across Nation," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3, and subsequent articles.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: AUTOGIRO - MISSING LINK PILOTED BY JOHNNY MILLER [handwritten:] X Box 18

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Los Angeles International Airport
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.934240
Latitude: -118.385149
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Transcontinental flights
Aeronautics--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Autogiros--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11157
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h94q4
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