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Walter Hempstead, Clarence Coombs, Roland Rohlfs, Boyd Sherman, & Harry Johns (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    see Clarence Coombs, Roland Rohlfs, S.E.J. Cox (LOC)

Mrs. S.E.J. Cox naming "The Wild Cat" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • swanq said:
    www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/NewProduct.cfm?product_id=3879 shows a model kit of the plane and states, "Texas Millionaire S.E.J. Cox sponsored the design of this aircraft, along with the Cactus Kitten 1, to enter in the 1920 Gordon Bennett Cup Race. Before crashing and destroying the aircraft in France, pilot Roland Rohlfs hand painted “Texas Wildcat” in black in the fuselage."
  • swanq said:
    New-York tribune., September 12, 1920, Page 3, Image 61 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-09-12/ed-... is a full-page piece on the American entries for the Gordon Bennett race to be held in France on September 27, 1920.
  • Art Siegel said:
    At bottom is secondary caption indicating Mr. & Mrs. Cox.
  • swanq said:
    Clarence Coombs, Roland Rohlfs, S.E.J. Cox (LOC)
    suggests that Cox, an oil magnate, is the man reaching towards his wife. The pilot, Roland Rohlfs, is presumably the guy in the helmet.

    The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., September 06, 1920, Image 6, bottom of column 3
    chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053933/1920-09-06/ed-...
    indicates that Cox and his wife both commissioned planes as entries in the Gordon Bennett race.
  • Art Siegel said:
    According to a NYT article, Rohlfs crashed and destroyed the plane during a warmup flight for the Gordon Bennett Cup competition, on September 26, 1920 in Etampes, France. Clarence Coombs was the backup pilot for the flight.
    However, it doesn't appear that either Cox plane competed in the race.
    www.nytimes.com/1920/09/27/archives/rohlfs-hurt-in-trial-...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes)

    see also Walter Hempstead, Clarence Coombs, Roland Rohlfs, Boyd Sherman, & Harry Johns (LOC)Clarence Coombs, Roland Rohlfs, S.E.J. Cox (LOC)

Lindbergh with Spirit.

from SDASM Archives

  • TVL1970 said:
    A photo of the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" at Curtiss Field (adjacent to Roosevelt Field) on Long Island, after the replacement of the original nose cone. Standing from left to right are, B.F. Mahoney, Harry F. Guggenheim, Lindbergh, and Charles Lawrance. Mahoney was the owner of Ryan Airlines, the builders of the "Spirit of St. Louis." Guggenheim, a wealthy buinessman and philanthropist from the North Shore of Long Island, had just met Lindbergh. After Lindbergh's triumphant return to the US, he and Guggenheim would assist the work of another aviation pioneer, Robert F. Goddard. Lawrance was an aeronautical engineer who was instrumental in the development of the air-cooled radial engine. His own company, the Lawrance Aero Engine Company, was purchased by Wright Aeronautical in 1923. In 1925, Lawrance would become the president of Wright Aeronautical and lead the development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind that powered the "Spirit of St. Louis."
  • archiecat2011 said:
    BF Mahoney had already purchased Ryan Aircraft. BF kept the name of the company as Ryan Aircraft leading to some confusion. see link: www.charleslindbergh.com/plane/mahoney.asp