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• SDASM Archives 1,152 photos & illustrations
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• State Library of New South Wales 3 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 1 photo / illustration
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Curtiss Racer (Record 233 m. an hour) (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  See www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/curtiss-r-6-racer/ which has a copy of the same photo, attributed to the U.S. Air Force and identified as a Curtiss R-6 Racer. See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_CR

• TVL1970 said:

  This is Curtiss R-6, Air Service serial number A.S. 68583 (McCook Field project number P-279). This particular aircraft (marked as Race No. 44), piloted by Lt. Lester Maitland (who also appears in the LoC's Bain collection), would finish second in the 1922 National Air Race. First place would be won by Russell Maughan, piloting the other Curtiss R-6 (A.S. 68584; marked Race No. 43). See photo below: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/51240958834/ The aircraft in the background, on the left side of the frame, A.S. 22563, is a Standard J-1 biplane belonging to the Army Air Service.

Mitscher_00138_2 Aeronautical Engineering Corp "Bee-Line" BR-1 A6430 '18' and BR-2 A6429 '6' at Selfridge Field, Mt Clemens, Michigan in Oct 1922

from SDASM Archives

• Stig Jarlevik said:

  Aeronautical Engineering Corp "Bee-Line" BR-1 A6430 '18' and BR-2 A6429 '6' at Selfridge Field, Mt Clemens, Michigan in Oct 1922 (the 1922 Pulitzer Price race) Stig

Capt. B.E. Skcel (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Richard Norton said:

  Burt Eugene Skeel (1894-1924) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5000691 He was killed on October 4, 1924 when the wings of his Curtiss broke away from the fuselage when he was at 2,000 feet (615 m), and he went into a dive at about 275 mph (440 km/h). (Source: Wikipedia)

• Phil Osborne said:

  His flight suit is also his check list.

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Richard Norton, we'll fix the spelling of his name.