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This is a photo of Charles Kingsford-Smith's June 1, 1928 arrival in Hawaii at Wheeler Field, Honolulu aboard his Fokker F.VIIb/3m (registration: VH-USU), "Southern Cross". At center, in the flying helmet with goggles upon his head, greeting radio operator James Warner to his right and Kingsford-Smith to his left, is Hawaii-based aviator Martin Jensen (who finished second in the 1927 Dole Air Race). To Warner's right is Hawaii Governor, Wallace R. Farrington. Not captured in this photo are Kingsford-Smith's co-pilot, Charles Ulm, and navigator Harry Lyon. Here is a photo from the same day of Art Goebel (1st Place finisher in the 1927 Dole Air Race), Governor Farrington, and Martin Jensen, apparently awaiting Kingsford-Smith's arrival at Wheeler Field (note Jensen's tie and flight helmet). www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4728489699/

Art Goebel, Governor Wallace R. Farrington, and Martin Jensen at Wheeler Field, Honolulu, awaiting Charles Kingsford-Smith's arrival with his aircraft "Southen Cross" (Fokker F.VIIb/3m, registration: VH-USU) from Oakland on June 1, 1928. Here is another photo at Wheeler Field after Kingsford-Smith's arrival in Hawaii, featuring Kingsford-Smith, Jensen, and Gov. Farrington (note their clothing, ties, headwear, match that worn in the photo above): www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4729144124/

Spectators and military at Wheeler Field, Wahiawa, Oahu, awaiting (or greeting) aviators and aircraft as they completed the 1927 Dole Air Race. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Air_Race

A photo of spectators and military at Wheeler Field, Wahiawa, Oahu, with "Woolaroc," the Travel Air 5000 (reg. NX869), piloted by Art Goebel and William V. Davis, Jr., after winning the ill-fated 1927 Dole Air Race. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Air_Race