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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
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Description:: Ruth Elder stands in front of a plane with her arms outstretched like wings. There is another pilot (unidentified) that sits in the plane behind Elder.
Date:: [circa 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Flyers' Landing Forced By Jammed Controls," Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1929: 2.
Date:: July 12, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photo appears with article "YOUNG SCULPTRESS MODELS AVIATOR: Art Goebel's Mother to Be Given Bronze Bust," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 1928: A3.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Actress Greta Nissan with pilot Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes and pilot Carline Turner, beside an airplane. Nissan was cast in the film Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes in 1927-1928. She left the film midway through because she spoke with a Norwegian accent and the film changed from silent film to talking.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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
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Description:: Cliff Henderson, Director of the Municipal Airport; Bobbi Trout, pilot; and R. O. Bone, manufacturer of the Golden Eagle monoplane, pose for a photo at Mines Field, Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The photo was taken just before or after Trout beat the latest women's world endurance flight record. Reported in "TWO WOMEN SOAR ALOFT IN QUEST OF AIR RECORDS: Miss Trout Ship Drones Through Darkness," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1929: A1.
Date:: February 11-12, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Probably related to the article “Flying Deputies to Repeat Show.” Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 1934: A3. The article states: … members of the Sheriff’s aeronautical detail will give another demonstration of their work sometime in June, it was announced by Sheriff Biscailuz last night at a meeting of the aero squadron at the Hotel Clark as guests of the hotel manager, P.G.B. Moriss. …
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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