• Black and white panoramic photograph of five airplanes, each plane has two men in flightsuits standing in front, with a hangar in the background. There are folds throughout the image.
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    Five Loening OA-1A aircraft with 10 pilots pose at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, on December 21, 1926, before leaving on a four month, 22,000 mile Pan-American Goodwill Flight.  (Left to Right) San Francisco: Capt. A.B. McDaniel, pilot; 1st Lt. Charles Mck. Robinson, copilot.  Detroit: Capt. C.F. Woolsey, pilot; 1st Lt. John W. Benton, copilot.  Flagship New York: Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, pilot and commander of the flight; 1st Lt. Ennis Whitehead, copilot.  St. Louis: 1st Lt. Bernard S. Thompson, pilot; 1st Lt. L.D. Weddington, copilot.  San Francisco: Capt. Ira C. Eaker, pilot; 1st Lt. Muir S. Fairchild, copilot.  NASM A-45942

  • Black and white panoramic photograph of five airplanes, each plane has two men in flightsuits standing in front, with a hangar in the background. There are folds throughout the image.

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