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[Command-Aire Model 5-C-3 aircraft]
Photograph of the Command-Aire Model 5-C-3 aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Command-Aire, entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."Inscription on verso: "Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y. / Aarne J. Pisila."
[McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft]
Photograph of the McDonnell Model 1 Doodlebug aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "McDonnell & Associates entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field. L. I., New York. 1929. (This plane cracked up a few days after this picture was taken)."
[Cunningham-Hall Model X aircraft]
Photograph of the Cunningham-Hall Model X aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa December 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Caption: "Cunningham-Hall entry in D.G.S.A.C. Dec. 6, 1929. Caption on verso: "Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York."
[Travel Air Model R Mystery Ship aircraft]
Photograph of a Travel Air Model R Mystery Ship aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. Typed caption on verso: "The Travel Air 'Mystery Ship' that won the free for all race at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929. At Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y."
[Brunner-Winkle Bird Model A aircraft]
Photograph of the Brunner-Winkle Bird Model A aircraft (wing number 7878), Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "Brunner Winkle 'Bird,' entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition. Mitchel Field, L. I., New York. 1929."
[Travel Air Model R Mystery Ship aircraft]
Photograph of a Travel Air Model R Mystery Ship aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929.Typed caption on verso: "Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, 1929. The Travel Air 'Mystery Ship' that beat the Army and the Navy at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929. "
[Fleet Model 1 aircraft]
Photograph of the Fleet Model 1 aircraft, Mitchel Field, New York, circa 1929. The aircraft was an entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.Typed caption on verso: "The Fleet, entry in the Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. 1929."
[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
Photograph of Amelia Earhart landing her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart landing at Oakland / Jan 12, 1935."
[Ken-Royce and Inland factory at Fairfax Airport]
Composite photograph of the Ken-Royce and Inland factory at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas, circa 1920s-1930s. Two aircraft images, one of an Inland Sport Monoplane and the other of a Rearwin Model 2000C Ken-Royce, are overlaid on the factory photo. Caption: "Factory of 'Ken-Royce' and 'Inland' at Fairfax."
[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan]
Photograph of (from left to right) Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan with Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra aircraft, Oakland Airport, California, March 14, 1937. The photo was taken just before her around-the-world flight attempt. Caption on verso: "From: Wide World Photos / San Francisco Bureau / Amelia crew ready for Pacific hop / Oakland Airport .... A new…