Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Pilot and co-pilot Paul Adams and John E. Tremayne, respectively, pose in uniform typical of pilots: crisp white caps with dark bills and long buttoned jackets. Both wear metal airline pins of a round shape, with symbolc wings jutting from the center. During a flight from Hermosilla, Mexico to Los Angeles, the men witnessed what was possibly the passing of meteor. The men were employed by the Mexican airline, Central Airways. Related to article, "Mexican Plane Sights Colorful Aerial Body" Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 1935 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2611-- Pilot Paul Adams co pilot John Tremayne, Meteror [sic] Sighted, 10-26-35, [stamped:] 10-29-1935 Handwritten on negative: L2R Pilot Paul Adams, Co " John Tremayne, 10-26-35
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9110 ark:/21198/zz002dh40q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Unidentified flying objects Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Tremayne, John E Adams, Paul Central Airways
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