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The last upload was September 2022.
Gen. M.M. Patrick (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2022
Maitland's Fokker Tri-motor plane (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2020
Lt. L.J. Maitland (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2020
Lt. A.F. Hegenberger (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2020
Sly_0074 Douglas B-18 223 at Lindbergh Field 1937 from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2019
Douglas B-18 223 at Lindbergh Field 1937 from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2019
10_0027353 Personnel: 23rd Bomb SQD. 23rd Bomb SQD. Group Photo, Hawaiin Islands 1935 from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2019
Lt. A.F. Hegenberger (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2019
Lt. A.F. Hegenberger (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2019
35mm slide image from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
35mm slide image from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
boeing pw-9d army plane wreck april 21 1929. collided with maddux air lines trimotor. from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
boeing pw-9d army plane wreck april 21 1929. collided with maddux air lines trimotor. from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
boeing pw-9d army plane wreck april 21 1929. collided with maddux air lines trimotor. from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2018
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Lt. A.F. Hegenberger (LOC)
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TVL1970 said:
Distinguished aviator (then-) Lieutenant Albert F. Hegenberger (US Army Air Corps) aboard the aircraft "Bird of Paradise," an Army Air Corps Atlantic-Fokker C-2 (itself derived from the Fokker F.VIIa/3m tri-motor airliner) (AAC Ser. No. A.C. 26-202) modified for long distance flight. The instrument just next to Hegenberger's left knee is an aperiodic compass (a.k.a. "deadbeat compass"), a compass which did not oscillate as an aircraft changed headings or was affected by turbulence.
Hegenberger and Lt. Lester J. Maitland (US Army Air Corps) would complete the first non-stop flight from the mainland United States (Oakland, CA) to Hawaii (Wheeler Field, Oahu) aboard "Bird of Paradise," from June 28–29, 1927.
A bit odd to come across this photo (and the photo below) in this most recent posted collection of circa-1921 Bain photos, though Hegenberger was involved with developing navigation instruments and techniques for the Air Service at that time. The "Bird of Paradise" wouldn't be procured until the 1926 Fiscal Year.
See also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Francis_Hegenberger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_Paradise_(aircraft)
Here's a photo from the San Diego Air Space Museum's (SDASM) collection on the Flickr Commons of Hegenberger (L) and Maitland (R) next to the aircraft: