[Joe Taff with New Swallow aircraft]

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Identifier1987-09-22-B_image_011SourceThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection (1987-09-22-B), Box 1, Folder 6DescriptionPhotograph of Varney Air Lines pilot Joe Taff with a New Swallow aircraft, circa 1926-1929. A black cat and the word "Jynx" are painted on the fuselage.

Inscription on verso: "Varney Joe Taft [Taff] about 1929."
Creation Datecirca 1926-1929SubjectTaff, JoeAir pilotsAir mail serviceVarney Air LinesSwallow (KS) New Swallow FamilyExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 7 x 12 cmLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

Depicts or Relates to

Source consulted: Bowers, Peter M. "Yesterday's Wings: The Start of Commercial Air Mail," The AOPA Pilot, March 1976.

Source consulted: Phillips, Edward H. Stearman Aircraft: A Detailed History. Specialty Press, 2006.

Source consulted: "The Story of Varney Air Lines," Air Transportation, February 2, 1929. From TMOF Tech Files.

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