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Dr. Alvin Marks, pilot and owner of Skymark Airlines. Here, with his wife Phoebe, being interviewed by reporters

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Title: Dr. Alvin Marks, pilot and owner of Skymark Airlines. Here, with his wife Phoebe, being interviewed by reporters
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969/04/16
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: Dr. Alvin Marks, a psychologist in Sacramento, who was a pilot and the president of a commuter airline based in Sacramento, Skymark Airlines. He made a record-breaking solo trip around the world in 1969 in his Cessna. Caption: END OF A LONG TRIP--Bearded Dr. Alvin Marks is greeted by his wife Phoebe, left, at the Sacramento Metropolitan Airport after he finished a round-the-world solo flight today. Marks made the flight in 14 days which is said to be a new world record for light aircraft.
Type: Image
Identifier: 5CF207D9-125C-44A0-82D7-944283156322
1983/001/SBPMP05486
Subject: Skymark Airlines
Cessna
Sacramento Executive Airport
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
Marks, Alvin
Marks, Phoebe

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