eddierickenbacker

Wonderful shot, love that suitcase strapped to the wing !

If the plane was an F-86 it would be in the machine gun compartment!

Edward Rickenbacker?

Maritime Texas Looks a little like him, but the album doesn't give a name.

I agree it sure looks like Rickenbacker

Well, the tags are "Edward Rickenbacker, Race Car Driver, Fighter Ace, Medal of Honor", etc. So I'd say it's a pretty good bet it's Captain Eddie.

Great shot...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker

William Avery Bishop (1894-1956) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2035406

On the Berengaria on Oct 3, 1925. San Antonio Light. October 03, 1925, HOME EDITION, page 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85060004/1925-10-03/ed-... "BRITISH ACE LANDS IN N. Y. BY PLANE NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AP) —Colonel Bishop, famous English ace, arrived on the Cunard liner Berengeria was met at quarantine by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, noted American flier, taken aboard a plane and carried to the home of Harry P. Davison at Glen Core, L.I. He is said to be the first passenger thus to have disembarked at New York."

Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/danuneken], Richard Norton, and swanq. We'll update the catalog record.

Some context for the photograph. Billy Bishop travelled to New York for the National Air Races at Mitchel Field, which was essentially an air show with many international pilots. Billy Bishop was a Canadian WWI ace who flew for the Royal Air Force. The Canadian government actually removed Bishop from a combat role in June 1918 considering the effect on national morale if Bishop was to be killed. Air show source: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 04 Oct. 1925. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-10-04/ed-...) "Greatest Flyers to vie for Honors" (left)