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Description
Plates in: California aeronautics photograph album : Dole Race and others, pg. 79. Shows two men standing in front of biplane, several mechanics working on engine. Title from verso - original read "Boeing Shuttle plane Capt. Eckert, Capt. Thompson" - Eckert crossed off, Eaker added in. 2009-0760. Between August and Sept. 1929, U.S. Army partnered with Boeing to conduct air refueling experiment. Boeing Hornet Shuttle (Boeing Model 95) piloted by Ira Eaker and Lieut. Bernard Thompson flew nonstop transcontinental flight sustained solely by in-flight fuelings.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 9 3/4 c 7 7/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001415843CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Eaker, Ira C.--Photographs Thompson, Bernard--Photographs Air pilots--California--Oakland Airports--California--Oakland Oakland (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums Portrait photographs
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