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Title: War ace takes Electra ride
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated February 26, 1958 reads, "Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, World War I ace credited with shooting down 26 planes and now chairman of Eastern Air Lines board of directors, takes first ride in Lockheed's new prop-jet Electra. Cockpit layout is explained by R. L. Thoren, right, chief of engineering."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00085422
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d004_f11_i24
CARL0004766262
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/42834
Subject: Rickenbacker, Eddie,--1890-1973
Eastern Air Lines
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Electra (Turboprop transports)
Air pilots
Aeronautical engineers
Airplanes--Cockpits
Valley Times Collection photographs

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