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Film footage of the 1939 National Championship Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939. The footage includes scenes of aerobatics, formation flying, parachute jumps, air races, officials, and spectators. Identified aircraft include:
00:03:45 - Monocoupe Model 11000:04:10 - U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36 Hawks00:04:27 - U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing XB-1500:07:37 - Grumman F3Fs, likely U.S. Navy or Marine…
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 1931) and took home two of these Great Lakes Trainers. This particular ship was later christened the Rose of Portland."Part of a scrapbook related to…
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 a real stunt flyer could do."
Part of a scrapbook related to Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel's participation in the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland,…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The text "Goodrich Silvertowns" is painted on the fuselage.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Rose of Portland - This is not a special built ship, but a standard Great Lakes Trainer powered with a 90-Horse Power Cirrus engine."Part of a scrapbook related…
Photograph of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft, piloted by Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, flying low over the field at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Hopping, skipping and jumping around the field he went. But like all playful boys he found much delight in dipping his wings into the mud puddles and splashing about in a ripping old way."
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Photograph of Dorothy Hester in the cockpit of her Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1931. The text "Goodrich Silvertown" is painted on the fuselage.Caption on adjacent album page: "'Lucky Thirteen' and what a day! Just look at the rain on the windshield of that ship--but what was rain to this young Miss who hails…
Photograph of Dorothy Hester holding her mascot "Jumbo" during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Jumbo, Dorothy's mascot, not only stunted with her, but also had his picture taken whenever they landed after a performance."Part of a scrapbook related to Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel's participation in the 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, circa…
Film footage of the 1938 National Championship Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, an air show at Black Hills Airport in South Dakota, and miscellaneous in-flight and airport scenes, circa 1938. The first segment is of the 1938 National Championship Air Races, showing scenes of aerobatics, formation flying, parachute drops, officials, and spectators. Identified aircraft include:
00:26:00 - Grumman F3Fs,…
Film footage of the 1932 and 1933 National Air Races. The first segment features clips from the 1932 National Air Races, showing aircraft, pilots, officials, and spectators. Scenes include air races, aerobatics, parachute jumps, and formation flying. Several individuals are named in the title cards but do not clearly appear in the footage; some only appear at a distance while piloting their…
Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, a Royal Air Force flight commander, standing in front of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Atcherly is dressed in formal wear, including a top hat.Caption on adjacent album page: "Flight Commander R. L. R. Atcherley of the Royal Air Force, right from jolly old England, if you please, and would…