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[53/70] With no one in the cockpit, the pilot steers this barnstorming plane in the air by pulling control wires from the tail, while his partner hangs from a wing strut, circa 1920-1930
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 3
Identifier: Series 2.
Series Scope and Content
From the Series:
Photographs and other materials used to illustrate Phillip H. Ault, By the Seat of Their Parts; The Story of Early Aviation (New York: Dodd, Mead, c1978). The bulk of the material concerns the history of aviation in the United States from 1900 to 1950, with special emphasis on the Wright brothers, barnstormers, the first flight around the world in 1924, early air mail carriers, Charles Lindbergh, the Dole Derby of 1927, Amelia Earhart, and Douglas...
Dates:
circa 1920-1930
Found in:
01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library
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Phillip H. Ault Aviation collection
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Photographs and other materials to illustrate <title render="italic">By the Seat of Their Pants</title>
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Photographs used in <title render="italic">By the Seat of Their Pants</title>