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World War I fighter aces Lansing Colton Holden, Jr. and Zenos R. Miller, representing Princeton University, next to a Curtiss JN-6 Jenny, at the 1920 Collegiate Air Races at Mitchel Field, Long Island. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansing_Colton_Holden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenos_Ramsey_Miller See comments: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/37274929460/

Thanks, TVL1970, we can add info to the record.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation

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.

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.

"J.T. Tripp" is Juan Terry Trippe, aviator and founder of Pan American Airways ("Pan Am"), one of the great (and now gone) US airlines. Trippe left Yale to train as a Naval Aviator during World War I, but the war ended before he'd have a chance to fly in combat. After the war he returned to Yale, where he graduated in 1921. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Trippe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_World_Airways His co-pilot is former Army Air Service aviator, George Willard Horne ("G. Willard Horne"), also attending Yale (Class of '21) post-war. See: archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_05/old_yale.html books.google.com/books?id=xjM6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA944&l... Trippe and Horne flew for Yale in the collegiate aerial races at Mitchel Field, Long Island, winning the 25-mile cross-country flight race on May 7, 1920. The race is reported in The Outlook, Vol. 125, May 19, 1920, "The First Collegiate Aerial Races," Pages 103-104, where there is also a contemporaneous photo of them at the time. See: books.google.com/books?id=IQY-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104&l... The race and competitors are further detailed in Aircraft Journal, "Collegiate Flying Competition at Mineola," Vol. VI, No. 19, May 10, 1920, Pages 5-6. books.google.com/books?id=ssg_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&lp... The aircraft Trippe and Horne flew in the race, wearing Army Air Service serial number A.S. 45246, is a Curtiss Jenny variant (Curtiss JN-6HG-1). See: www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1908-1920.html

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