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Description
2008-0945 PHOTO: AVIATION: AIRPLANES: AUTOGIRO Views of the "windmill" type airplane, the autogiro, taken July 26, 1931 at Alameda Airport. View 1 (2008-0945). Shows the plane beginning take-off. Several planes and building in background -- view 2 (2008-0946). View from the ground looking up at plane. Shows wings and giro blades. Taken by Mr. Orville T. Blake of Oakland, Calif. Owned by C.E. Haines and piloted on Sunday, July 26, 1931, by Claude Owen. Pilot was landing with two passengers when lost control. Plane crashed into nearby automobiles killing one and injuring several.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints ; 3 x 4 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001389001CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-2313
Subject
Autogiros--California--Alameda Airports--California--Alameda Airplanes--California--Alameda Aircraft accidents--California--Alameda Alameda (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
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