C. N. "Jimmie" James climbing into plane for first transcontinental night mail flight service in Los Angeles, 1929 Description: Photo appears with article "Night Flyer Essays to Bring Oceans Closer: SUN-DODGER AIR MAIL OFF First Night-Flying Transcontinental Plane Roars East, Inaugurating Service," Los Angeles Times, 02 May 1929: A17. Date: May 1, 1929 Resource Type: still image Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections