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Photograph of the U. S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 on the ground at Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego, California, probably on (or not long after) May 3, 1923, following the conclusion of the first non-stop transcontinental flight. Pilots Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly and Lieutenant John A. Macready had departed from Long Island, New York, the previous day. Collection also includes a letter dated May 31, 1945, from Captain A. B. Mason, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, San Diego, California, refering to the photograph.
On May 2-3, 1923, two United States Army Air Service test pilots, Lieutenants Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Macready, flew the Fokker T-2 aircraft from Long Island, New York, to San Diego, California, in the country's first nonstop transcontinental flight.
NASM.1986.0123
May 3, 1923
May 31, 1945
Mrs. Daryl Ferguson, gift, 1986, NASM.1986.0123
0.1 Cubic feet (2 items (1 photograph, 1 letter))
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This collection consists of an 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph of the Fokker T-2 taken at North Island Naval Air Station. Accompanying the photograph is a transmittal letter dated May 31, 1945, from Captain A. B. Mason of the San Diego County sheriff's office.
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Fokker T-2 Photograph, Acc. NASM.1986.0123, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Fokker T-2 (F.IV)
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
Aeronautics -- Records
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