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 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. In the near distance at center, the autogiro, Missing Link sits on an airfield. It is viewed at an angle from its starboard side and faces back to the right. Its rudder sits nearest to camera and points downward towards the lower left corner. Beside the fuselage and in front of the right wing, three men stand in a row. At center stands the pilot, Johnny Miller. He dons an aviator's cap. The two unidentified men (possibly Clarence Brown at left and R. B. Barnitz at right) stand on either side of him. Beyond the men and the autogiro, the air field stretches into the distance. 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_11159 ark:/21198/zz002h94tp
Subject
Transcontinental flights Aeronautics--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Los Angeles Autogiros--American--California--Los Angeles Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Miller, John M., 1905-2008 Barnitz, Richard, 1891-1960 Brown, Clarence 1890-1987
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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