Aeronautics; Flight Crews; Air pilots; Civil defense
Seated: Sykes Ewing, Hugh Sharp, Richard Roberts, Ed "Smitty" Smith. Standing l/r; Tom O'Day, Robert Ready, Bill James, Buzz Thompson, Walter Fullerton, Pappy Garrett, Jim Tegg, Tom Worth, Shelly Edmonson, Alex Szyky, unknown, Harry Proctor, Howard...
Text from back of image: 'The crews of the American and French planes shake goodbye to each other before the hopoff of the two planes for France and Rome.'
Text from back of image: 'A five-year record as a flyer without a single accident despite the fact that he had no arms is the amazing boast of Loxla G. Thornton, who is now at Clover Field, Calif., getting a new ship - a monoplane - ready for...
Text from back of image: 'The pilots of the United States Army Air Service, who will make the Pan-American flight, were received at the White House today by President Coolidge. The Yankee flyers will start Dec. 15 from San Antonio, Texas, and will...
Text from back of image: "Photo shows left to right Antonio Locatelli, Italian war aviator and member of the Italian Parliament; Riiser M. Larsen, Norwegian navy lieutenant, and Ralph E. Davidson of the U.S. Navy. These three intrepid aviators...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Transcontinental flights; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "E. E. Mouton, pilot of the U.S. mail plane, No. 151 which flew from New York to San Francisco, carrying mail. This is the first successful trans-continental air mail flight. Mouton was greeted by Col. John A. Jordan, Supt....
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco,...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco,...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco,...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "An arrangement is being tried out at Youngstown, Ohio, that will receive a bag of mail from a plane and at the same time catapult another bag from the ground to the plane. This enables a plane to take on and distribute...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "In the days of stage coaches, it took 10 1/2 days from the Missouri River to reach the Pacific Coast and now the air mail flies it in 20 hours."
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "The sorting of air mail while en route in the plane just as is done on railway mail cars, is predicted as a necessary time-saver in the future transportation of mail in the flying post offices of the future. The mail will...
