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Postcard featuring the USS Macon airship over San Diego, California, circa 1926.Text on verso: "USS Macon over San Diego in 1934 / Powered by eight engines, lifted by helium, the 785-foor Macon moored to a mast on Camp Kearny when it visited San…

Postcard featuring an aerial view of the Ryan Flying Company's buildings and aircraft at Dutch Flats, Diego, California, circa 1926.Text on verso: "Ryan Flying Company, San Diego in 1926 / Claude Ryan used this field on Dutch Flats beside Barnett…

Photograph of John Fornasero with a Great Lakes Model 2T aircraft (tail number NC-131Y) at Dutch Flats Airport, San Diego, California, circa 1929.Inscription on verso: "John Fornasero / Great Lakes biplane at 'Dutch Flats' / San Diego / 1929."

Photograph of a Curtiss JN Jenny aircraft in front of a hangar, San Diego, California, circa 1910s. Inscription on verso: "One of the first Curtiss JNs -- San Diego, Calif."

Photograph of Ralph Newcomb, Cal Al Hall, Warren Eaton, and James Floyd Smith outside a hangar, San Diego, California, circa 1900s-1910s.Inscription on verso: "Newcomb / Cal Al Hall / Warren Eaton / Floyd Smith / San Diego, Calif / 1915."

Photograph of Soviet Air Force servicemen Colonel Mikhail Gromoff and Captain Sergei Danilin signing autographs at a banquet in San Diego, California, circa 1930s Typed caption on album: "Soviet Aces honored at San Diego Calif. Colonel Mikhail…

Photograph of Soviet Air Force servicemen and representatives with their American hosts at a banquet in San Diego, California, circa 1930s. From left to right: Acting Consul General Grigori Gokhman, S. A. Shumovsky, Colonel Mikhail Gromoff, J. L.…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso: "OX-5 Curtiss Jenney [Jenny]. Clyde Pangborn on wing. Ralph…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn performing a wing-walking stunt on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn, Wing Walker. Ralph A. Reed – pilot.…

Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in San Diego, California, circa 1920. The inscription notes that the plane is piloted by Ralph Reed.Inscription on verso:…