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Patrick, Smith, Arnold (LOC)

  • Acoustic Bubble said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation
  • TVL1970 said:
    Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick (USAAS) speaks to crew of the Douglas World Cruiser, "Chicago" (USAAS Ser. A.S. 23-1230), Lt. Lowell Smith and 1st Lt. Les Arnold at Mitchel Field, Long Island, NY, on September 8, 1924. See: Here's an aerial photo of the Douglas World Cruisers at Mitchel Field from the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) collection on the Flickr Commons. Note the letters on the roofs of the hangars spelling out "MI T C H E L." A portion of a letter is on the hangar roof just visible in front of the engine in the Bain photo above.
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/danuneken] and TVL1970. We'll add this information to all of the photos showing the Chicago and it's crew.

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

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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)

College plane races (LOC)