Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), October 1932-September 1933.
Aircraft maintenance logbook for Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), February 1932-December 1932. Includes a note from Tex Rankin on the inside cover that certifies that this book replaced one lost on or around February 20,…
Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), May 1931-October 1932.
Newspaper clipping, "She'll try any death-defying stunt in the air, but boys frighten new champ of girl pilots," from The NEA Service (Cleveland, Ohio), May 28, 1931. Article describes Dorothy Hester's flying career, including her upcoming…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester (in cockpit) and Robert D. Hofer (standing) with Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y), Cleveland, Ohio, May 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Robert Hofer and Dorothy came to Cleveland (May…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Tex Rankin standing in front of a Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1931.
Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy and Tex in Cleveland (April 1931) to demonstrate to the Air Race Officials what…
Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified mountain range, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Races are ended, the work is done. / The birdmen take to the air, one by one. / Some to the North--the East and South they go, / But this one…
Photograph of Lowell Bayles in the cockpit of an aircraft, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "The late Lowell Bayles, winner of the 1931 Thompson Trophy Race, and a victim of his record-breaking endeavors Nov. 5, 1931."
Part of a scrapbook…