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Description:: Governor Rolph and Governor Balzar briefly stopped in Los Angeles to refuel as they were flown by Colonel Roscoe Turner to Richmond, VA for the annual governors' conference.
Date:: April 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Press release text: East west non stop record set. Establishing an east-to-west transcontinental nonstop flight record of 24 hours and 52 minutes, the monoplane Yankee Doodle landed at Mines Field, Los Angeles, today. The previous record of 26 hours and 50 minutes set by Lts. John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly in 1923 was lowered by nearly two hours in the flight. The fliers, Harry Tucker, millionaire sportsman and Capt. C. B. D. Collyer of 'round-the-world' fame, landed a little more that an hour after the time estimated for the journey. The monoplane used in this flight was also used by Art Goebel in his attempted non-stop flight during the National Aeronautical Show held in Los Angeles recently...
Date:: October 25, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Judge's name incorrect on negative sleeve: correct name is Judge Bowron.
Date:: August 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Frank Kurtz, aviator, and Betty Driscoll, University of Southern California student, next to his plane "Yankee Boy." The photograph may have been taken upon his return from a 9000-mile good-will flight to Mexico and New York.
Date:: November 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Florence Suddarth, secretary to an airline president, claimed that Royal Leonard, aviator, was the father of her 7 month old daughter, Royale Regina, and brought a suit against him asking for child support of $150/month. Leonard was judged the father of her child, and ordered to pay $50/month.
Date:: August 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in the article, "Couple Elope in Own Plane," Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 1933: D6.
Date:: [October 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different Associated Press photograph of the event is titled, "Aviator Dons Another Laurel," and captioned, "Honolulu Winner at End of Flight Art Goebel steps from his Lockheed plane upon arrival at Mines Field after trip from New York. [A. P. photo]," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep 1928: A1
Date:: [September 13, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: P. & A. Photos
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Turner Sets New Air Mark," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct 1932: A1.
Date:: October 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph was likely taken in August, 1930 when Schneider completed the 4 day flight from New Jersey to Los Angeles, breaking a transcontinental air speed record for pilots under the age of twenty-one.
Date:: [circa August, 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: C. B. D. Collyer (right) and Harry Tucker stand in front of the the Yankee Doodle monoplane, a Lockheed-Vega, at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight. Collyer and Tucker piloted the plane.
Date:: October 25, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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