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Art Goebel stands up from the cockpit of the "Yankee Doodle" monoplane to receive food and drink from Victor Clark, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: This photograph is possibly related to the articles, "GOEBEL TO START AIR HOP TODAY: Hawaiian Flight Winner Hopes to Get Off, After Several Delays," Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 1928: B1, and, "GOEBEL FLIGHT UNDER WAY: Reported Over Phoenix After Take-off from Mines Field in Nonstop Hop to New York," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1928: 1
Date:: [circa August, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: P. & A. Photos
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Actress Helene Chadwick and air pilot J. E. Zapp in a plane, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Actress Helene Chadwick, in the backseat of a two person plane with the air pilot J. E. Zapp in the front seat. The plane is the property of the Los Angeles Times. She is wearing an aviator's helmet and goggles. Her arms are raised and she is holding tickets in one of her hands. This photograph may be related to the article, "Enter Exposition Free: "Times" Plane Carrying Helene Chadwick to Distribute Tickets Over Venice and Ocean Park See Exhibit as Guests of "The Times," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1923: II1.
Date:: July 13, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aviatrix Adoree Neville at accident lawsuit, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This is a picture of aviatrix daredevil Adoree Neville in court to resist the setting aside of a $5000 verdict a jury awarded her in an accident suit filed against apartment-house owners. Ms. Neville had testified that the folding bed in the apartment collapsed, breaking her nose and two teeth.
Date:: Aug 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Eddie Schneider lands in Mines Field after setting speed record, Los Angeles, ca. 1930

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

Stunt air pilot Bernadine King, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Portrait of female pilot of Bernadine Lewis King.
Date:: June 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aviators Loren W. Mendell and Pete Reinhart, Los Angeles, ca. 1929

Description:: Mendell, left, and Reinhart, right, pose for a photograph together.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Captain C.B.D. Collyer and Harry Tucker with their monoplane Yankee Doodle, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: In October 1928 Collyer and Harry Tucker completed the second East-West nonstop transcontinental flight in 24 hours and 58 minutes, which was one hour and 52 minutes under the record established by the first flight.
Date:: Oct-Nov 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Col. Roscoe Turner holds gold sea chest intended for President Hoover, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Col. Roscoe Turner holds an elaborate sea chest, laid in gold--an invitation to attend the Shrine convention in San Francisco intended for President Hoover from Governor Rolph.
Date:: April 22, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young aviator Eddie Schneider, Los Angeles, ca. 1930

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

Myrtle L. Mantz sues A. Paul Mantz for a divorce, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Air Jaunts Rift Issue," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A3.
Date:: February 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Art Goebel lands after a flight of 23 hours and 50 minutes, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: A grinning Goebel climbs atop his monoplane and waves his hat over his head.
Date:: September 13, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: George Haldeman was an American aviator, who in 1928 participated in a transcontinental race from New York to Los Angeles. He was forced to land for oil in New Mexico. The end point of the air race George Haldeman participated in was Mines Field in Los Angeles. Mines Field would soon become what is now Los Angeles International Airport.
Date:: September 14, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

W.R. Angell and city officials pose with pilot, Rogers Airport, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Writing on airplane: Continental Motors Fokker Aircraft Corporation
Date:: April 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Hunter brothers meet with Art Soebel and Roscoe Turner, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Several men stand before a monoplane. From left to right: Roscoe Turner, Walter Hunter, John Hunter, Art Soebel, unidentified man, Kenneth Hunter, Allen Hunter, three unidentified men. Turner holds his pet lion, Gilmore, on a leash and Walter Hunter shakes Soebel’s hand.
Date:: July 22, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Acrobatic pilot Tony Scwamm, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Schwamm poses with one arm on the back of a chair, in his flying clothes
Date:: January 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Art Goebel kisses his mother goodbye before embarking on a flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: From left to right, Arthur Goebel, Sr., Arthur Goebel and Emma Goebel stand beside the "Yankee Doodle" monoplane. Arthur, Sr., rests a hand on the plane's wheel and looks to camera. To his left, Arthur, Jr. kisses his mother goodbye. Behind the Goebels and to the left, Yankee Doodle sits in partial view; its tail stretches back towards center. A large white patch cuts across the upper right corner. A few people appear to stand along the right edge to watch the farewell.
Date:: [circa August, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Aviator Loren W. Mendell, Los Angeles, ca. 1929

Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker meets with Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Captain Eddie Rickenbacker meets with Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer to discuss the city providing a 1000-acre landing field for commercial airplanes. Reported in "COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE FIELD URGED: Rickenbacker Tells Need of Huge Landing Place for Transcontinentals," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1925: 7.
Date:: August 15, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Frank Kurtz, aviator, seated on his plane "Yankee Boy," Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Flyer Kurtz Back Safe After Brush With Death," Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 1935: A1.
Date:: November 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stunt air pilot Bernadine King, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Portrait of female air pilot Bernadine Lewis King.
Date:: June 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan sitting on a biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

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

John Hunter makes a radio broadcast from an air field, Los Angeles, 1930

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

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

Art Goebel's plane at Mines Field before a race to Cincinnati, Los Angeles, 1928

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

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

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

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

Pilot Jean Allen getting into the cockpit of a biplane, Los Angeles, 1923-1930

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

R. V. "Doc" Howard and Gwen Seager bid farewell to Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart before their takeoff, Los Angeles, 1929-1930

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

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Lindsay Hopkins, and Elmer P. Querl, Los Angeles, 1934

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

Aviators George Haldeman and Shirley Short at Mines Field after their transcontinental race, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: The pilots flew a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane. Referenced by Science Photo Library online resource.
Date:: Spetember 14, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sixteen-year-old Robert N. Buck sets new flying record, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: On Monday 16-year-old Robert flew from Newark, New Jersey, and proceeded to make stops at Martins Ferry, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Wichita, Albuquerque, and Kingman, before arriving in Los Angeles in 28 hours and 33 minutes.
Date:: October 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Mother" Tusch visits air races, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Mary Tusch is a plump woman in her 50s wearing a boutonniere, glasses, and a beaded necklace.
Date:: July 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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