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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 29, 1964 reads, "Patrick Shiel of Lancaster is ready at the stick of his Stits Playboy for a show of home-built airplanes. The fly-in will have contests among do-it-yourself pilots." The article partially reads, "Pilots of the Experimental Aircraft Assn. are about like any other fliers, except they have supreme confidence. They fly their own creations. More than 250 of them are gathering today and tomorrow at Lancaster's Fox Airfield to show what can be done with their hands and some spare weekends."; See images #00120123 through #00120124 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
General William J. Fox Airfield (Lancaster, Calif.) Experimental Aircraft Association Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Lancaster Research aircraft--California--Lancaster Airplanes--California--Lancaster Airplanes--California--Lancaster--Exhibitions Air pilots--California--Lancaster Men--California--Lancaster Airports--California--Lancaster Lancaster (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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