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Five original photographs of pioneer pilots and their airplanes.
Ca. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, glassed & framed. Ca. late 1920s - early 1930s. Four depict pilots and others next to planes: a) "Geo. Haldeman, Fred King, and Henry Arnold. Ford Airtour '30" (Bellanca behind them). b) "George Haldeman '27" (portrait, with plane behind - marginal stains). c) "Fred King, Slim Larned. Detroit '28. Wright J-5 Stinson Detroiter" (King & Larned consulting map on wing of biplane with sign "Wayco Air Service, Inc., Detroit" - Kaufmann & Fabry photograph). d) "Leedy's Stinson SR-5 at Betts Field" (mechanics fueling plane). The fifth is a plane in flight: "Bellanca Skyrocket on top '32" "H.K. Hastings & W.E. Leedy, Jr. 12000' En Route Cleveland - Wheeling, 1933. Picture taken by M.W. Leaphart." George Haldeman was a famous pioneer pilot from Lakeland, Florida, best known for his attempted trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 with women pilot Ruth Elder which ended by aborting into the ocean 300 miles short of their goal. Had they made it, Elder would have been the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The portrait of Haldeman was taken in 1927, the year of this historic flight. Pioneer pilot Slim Larned ended up flying for United Airlines for many years.
Offered for US$ 200.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 1061
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