Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A similar photograph of the Missing Link autogiro in flight is captioned, "Crowd Marvels at Strange Aircraft Autogiro as it appeared when dropping vertically to the ground at Los Angeles Airport and inset, John Miller of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., pilot of machine's first transcontinental trip," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3 The autogiro, Missing Link, sits on the tarmac of Mines Field in the near distance at center. It is viewed from its port side and faces back to the left. Its rudder points down towards the right. Along the side of the plane, from front to back, identification marks read, "THE MISSING LINK," "JOHNNY MILLER," and "NC10781 PITCAIRN AUTOGIRO." Behind and to the right of the plane, a large crowd gathers on the tarmac. The Moorish tower of Hangar One is visible rising in the distance, behind the autogiro's rudder. In the distance at left, another aircraft sits on the tarmac. This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Missing Link of Aviation Ends Flight Here: AUTOGIRO REACHES CITY Strange "Windmill" Aircraft Flops Down Quietly After Long Flight Across Nation," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1931: A3, and subsequent articles. Text from negative sleeve: AUTOGIRO - MISSING LINK PILOTED BY JOHNNY MILLER [handwritten:] X Box 18
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11157 ark:/21198/zz002h94q4
Subject
Transcontinental flights Aeronautics--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Autogiros--American--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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