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This is Edward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air), 1926-1929. Warner was deeply involved in aviation, before and after his post with the Navy. From Wikipedia: "[Warner] was an American pioneer in aviation and a teacher in aeronautical engineering. Besides that he was also a writer, scientist and a Statesman, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board at its founding in 1938, a Delegate of the United States to the 1944 Chicago Conference for the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and an international civil servant. Edward Warner's achievements are commemorated by the world's civil aviation community in the international award that bears his name." See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Pearson_Warner

Photo of the Loening XSL-1 (BuNo A-8696) taken at Naval Air Station Anacostia (NAS Anacostia). Note the Anacostia River in the background, and across the river, the then- Army War College's (now known as the National War College) Roosevelt Hall.

This the K-47 "American Legion" built for an attempt to win the Orteig Prize. It crashed and was rebuilt at the K-47A which was given the name 'Pathfinder'