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Description:: Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan sitting on the backseat of a biplane.
Date:: April 16, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Flying Hunters Given Welcome, Four Endurance Champions Land at City Airport, Will Make Next Test Flight Here, They Declare, Officials and Large Throng Extend Greetings," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jul. 1930: A1.
Date:: July 22, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Eught members of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots, pose for a group portrait at a gathering. Along with Pancho Barnes, Esther Jones, Hilda Jarmuth, Georgialee McGaffey, and Adoree Neville were known to be female pilots and likely members of the Ninety-Nines. The other pictured women may be aviation supporters.
Date:: [between 1933-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: February 22, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Planes Off in Ohio Race at Sunrise," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep 1928: A1.
Date:: September 21, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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. Photo 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.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jean Allen was noted as "probably the tiniest licensed air pilot in the world," in "The Cameraman's Report on Late News and Features Around the World," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun. 1930: 8.
Date:: [between 1923-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Plane Goes Up Seeking Record," Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1930: A1.
Date:: 1929-1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Captain Rickenbacker arrived in Los Angeles to serve as host for luxury liner trips in California, Nevada, and Utah.
Date:: October 9, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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