Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Several men stand before a monoplane. From left to right: Roscoe Turner, Walter Hunter, John Hunter, Art Soebel, unidentified man, Kenneth Hunter, Allen Hunter, three unidentified men. Turner holds his pet lion, Gilmore, on a leash and Walter Hunter shakes Soebel’s hand. This photograph is related to the article, "Flying Hunters Given Welcome, Four Endurance Champions Land at City Airport, Will Make Next Test Flight Here, They Declare, Officials and Large Throng Extend Greetings," Los Angeles Times, 23 Jul. 1930: A1. In 1930, Albert, John, Walter and Kenneth Hunter set the World Endurance Flight Record of 553 hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds over Chicago. They visited Los Angeles with their monoplane, City of Chicago, a large yellow and blue Stinson-Detroiter and the refueling ship, Big Ben. Their record was later broken by the Key Brothers. Handwritten on negative: L to R – Roscoe Turner + lion – Walter + John Hunter – Art Soebel - ? – Kenneth + Albert Hunter Text from negative sleeve: Hunter Bros. Aviators, 1930; Kenneth, John, Walter, Albert
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9690 ark:/21198/zz002dht0c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Monoplanes--American--California--Los Angeles Stunt flying--United States Soebel, Art Hunter, John, 1903-1932 Hunter, Kenneth, 1909-1974 Hunter, Albert, 1897-1942 Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 Hunter, Walter, 1906-1983
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