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Charles Lindbergh and the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" at Rockwell Field, San Diego. From left to right: Donald Hall - engineer and designer of the Ryan NYP. A.J. Edwards - sales manager for Ryan Airways, builders of the Ryan NYP. Charles A. Lindbergh. Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Graham (US Army Air Corps) - Commanding Officer at Rockwell Field.

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/

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