[Boeing PW-9D "blackboard plane" in flight]

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Identifier1995-06-23-17_image_006SourceThe David D. Hatfield Aviation Photograph Collection (1995-06-23-17), Print Box 8, Folder 5DescriptionPhotograph of a Boeing PW-9D "blackboard plane" in flight over California, circa January 1929. The chalk message on the fuselage reads: "Fine work! I am excited & delighted as I can be. (Sgd) F. T. Davison [Frederick Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War]." The PW-9D blackboard planes were used to send messages to the crew of the radio-less "Question Mark," an American-built Fokker C-2A, during their record-setting endurance flight in 1929.

Inscription on tagboard backing: "Question Mark Endurance Messages Aircraft."Creation Datecirca 1929-01SubjectBoeing PW-9D (Model 15D)United States. Army. Air CorpsAir pilots, MilitaryAirplanes, MilitaryAeronautics--RecordsDavison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974PlaceCaliforniaUnited StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe David D. Hatfield Aviation Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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