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Pilot Johnny Miller stands with 2 unidentified men beside the autogiro, Missing Link, Los Angeles vicinity, 1931

Description:
A similar photograph of the Missing Link autogiro in flight is captioned, "Crowd Marvels at Strange Aircraft Autogiro as it appeared when dropping vertically to the ground at Los Angeles Airport and inset, John Miller of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., pilot of machine's first transcontinental trip," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3
Date:
[circa May - June, 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Pilot Johnny Miller stands with 2 unidentified men beside the autogiro, Missing Link, Los Angeles vicinity, 1931

Greta Nissen, Capt. Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes, and Carline Turner, beside a plane, Los Angeles, circa 1928

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Greta Nissen, Capt. Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes, and Carline Turner, beside a plane, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Cliff Henderson, pilot Bobbi Trout, and R. O. Bone at Mines airfield, Los Angeles, 1929

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Cliff Henderson, pilot Bobbi Trout, and R. O. Bone at Mines airfield, Los Angeles, 1929

Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and aviators Claude F. Morgan and P.G.B. Morriss at dinner at Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, 1934

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
Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and aviators Claude F. Morgan and P.G.B. Morriss at dinner at Hotel Clark, Los Angeles, 1934

Pilots Josephine Callaghan and Charles F. Dycer in front of a biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan and instructor pilot Charles F. Dycer climbing onto a bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Handless Woman Flies Plane: Rich Ranch Owner Performs air Loop," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1929: A10.
Date:
April 16, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pilots Josephine Callaghan and Charles F. Dycer in front of a biplane at Dycer airport, Los Angeles, 1929

C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Left to right: C. B. D. Collyer, and unidentified man, and Harry Tucker stand in front of the the Yankee Doodle monoplane, a Lockheed-Vega, at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight. Collyer and Tucker piloted the plane. It was the second non-stop transcontinental flight, completed in twenty-four hours and fifty-eight minutes, which was non hour and fifty-two minutes under the record created by the first flight.
Date:
October 25, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

C. B. D. Collyer, Allan Lockheed and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Captain C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker (right), who flew the Yankee Doodle monoplane on the second transcontinental flight, holding telegrams of congratulations. With them is Alan Lockheed (2nd from right) who designed the Lockheed Vega monoplane that was flown, and other unidentified people. They are at Mines Field on the day that Collyer and Tucker completed the flight.
Date:
October 25, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
C. B. D. Collyer, Allan Lockheed and Harry Tucker at Mines Field after a transcontinental flight, Los Angeles, 1928

Central Airways pilots Paul Adams and John E. Tremayne in full uniform, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Pilot and co-pilot Paul Adams and John E. Tremayne, respectively, pose in uniform typical of pilots: crisp white caps with dark bills and long buttoned jackets. Both wear metal airline pins of a round shape, with symbolc wings jutting from the center. During a flight from Hermosilla, Mexico to Los Angeles, the men witnessed what was possibly the passing of meteor. The men were employed by the Mexican airline, Central Airways.
Date:
October 26, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Central Airways pilots Paul Adams and John E. Tremayne in full uniform, Los Angeles, 1935

Press release announcing the completion of the second transcontinental flight, 1928

Description:
Press release text: East west non stop record set. Establishing an east-to-west transcontinental nonstop flight record of 24 hours and 52 minutes, the monoplane Yankee Doodle landed at Mines Field, Los Angeles, today. The previous record of 26 hours and 50 minutes set by Lts. John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly in 1923 was lowered by nearly two hours in the flight. The fliers, Harry Tucker, millionaire sportsman and Capt. C. B. D. Collyer of 'round-the-world' fame, landed a little more that an hour after the time estimated for the journey. The monoplane used in this flight was also used by Art Goebel in his attempted non-stop flight during the National Aeronautical Show held in Los Angeles recently...
Date:
October 25, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Press release announcing the completion of the second transcontinental flight, 1928

Art Goebel stands with his mother, Emma Goebel, and Harry Tucker as he addresses a crowd at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
A different Associated Press photograph of the event is titled, "Aviator Dons Another Laurel," and captioned, "Honolulu Winner at End of Flight Art Goebel steps from his Lockheed plane upon arrival at Mines Field after trip from New York. [A. P. photo]," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep 1928: A1
Date:
[September 13, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
P. & A. Photos
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Art Goebel stands with his mother, Emma Goebel, and Harry Tucker as he addresses a crowd at Mines Field, Los Angeles, 1928