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Ninety-Nines members in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1933-1934

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
Ninety-Nines members in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1933-1934

Henry Du Pont changes his airplane's tire with friend John W. Beretta, Montebello, 1927

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
Henry Du Pont changes his airplane's tire with friend John W. Beretta, Montebello, 1927

Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Fall Kills Armless Pilot: Josephine Callaghan, Flying to Washington to Plead for License, Plunges in Texas," Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1929: A3.
Date:
April 16, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan standing in front biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

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

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

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

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