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Title
Press release titled "Schlee and Brock to try for sustained flight record," 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
August 25, 1928
1928-08-25
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Refers to image ark no. 21198/zz002h9msx
Watch your credit. "P & A Photos" LA 15159 (Los Angeles Bureao. Schlee and Brock to try for sustained flight record. San Diego again looms as the local point of the aeronautical world on the eve of what may prove to be another triumph in aviation which may be added to the laurels of the city where so many aviation events of world-wide importance have taken place. William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, trans-Atlantic flyers, plan to take off in a day or so, in an attempt to break the world's sustained flight record. Schlee and Brock established a reputation for flying in 1927 when they attempted to break the round the world flight record.Photo shows the Bellanca monoplane in which Schlee and Brock will attempt to break endurance flight record. (LA-FM 3) 9/25/28.
Type
image
Format
paper
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11562i
ark:/21198/zz002h9mtf
Language
English
Subject
Monoplanes--American
Air pilots--American
Endurance flights
Brock, William Stewart, 1896-1932
Schlee, Edward F., 1887-1969
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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