Henry B. Du Pont and engineer John W. Beretta stand beside an airpolane at Vail Airport (owned and operated by Western Air Express). They traveled from Detroit to Los Angeles in a Buhl airplane in a little less than a month, experiencing no trouble save for a flat tire and some inclement weather. The trip commenced at the Western Air Express Field in Montebello. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Airplane Gets Flat Tire: Long Trip Made Without Other Mishap," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1927: A2.
John W. Beretta, an engineer, is in the front seat of the two seater plane as Henry B. Du Pont, in a pilot's helmet and goggles, climbs into the back seat at Vail Airport (owned and operated by the Western Air Express). A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Airplane Gets Flat Tire: Long Trip Made Without Other Mishap," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1927: A2. Henry B. Du Pont and John W. Beretta traveled from Detroit to Los Angeles in a Buhl airplane in a little less than a month, experiencing no trouble save for a flat tire and some inclement weather.
Henry B. Du Pont and engineer John W. Beretta change the tire of an airplane at Vail Airport (owned an operated by Western Air Express). They traveled from Detroit to Los Angeles in a Buhl airplane in a little less than a month, experiencing no trouble save for a flat tire and some inclement weather. Photo appears with the article "Airplane Gets Flat Tire: Long Trip Made Without Other Mishap," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1927: A2.
