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. Off-center to the right and in the near distance, the autogiro, Missing Link, flies through the air as it appears to approach its landing. It flies low to the ground, just above the tarmac that stretches beneath it. The plane is viewed from below and from its port side; it flies towards the left. A passenger in the plane is barely visible sitting directly beneath the rotor mast. Along the bottom edge, the tarmac and air field sprawl 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_11160 ark:/21198/zz002h94wq
Subject
Transcontinental flights Aeronautics--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Los Angeles Autogiros--American--California--Los Angeles Miller, John M., 1905-2008
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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