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YOUR PURCHASE OF THESE BOOKS SUPPORTS THE WEB SITES THAT BRING TO YOU THE HISTORY BEHIND OLD AIRFIELD REGISTERS
Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. 375 pages with black & white photographs and extensive tables
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The Congress of Ghosts (available as eBook) is an anniversary celebration for 2010. It is an historical biography, that celebrates the 5th year online of www.dmairfield.org and the 10th year of effort on the project dedicated to analyze and exhibit the history embodied in the Register of the Davis-Monthan Airfield, Tucson, AZ. This book includes over thirty people, aircraft and events that swirled through Tucson between 1925 and 1936. It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders. Order your copy at the link.
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Military Aircraft of the Davis Monthan Register, 1925-1936 is available at the link. This book describes and illustrates with black & white photographs the majority of military aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. The book includes biographies of some of the pilots who flew the aircraft to Tucson as well as extensive listings of all the pilots and airplanes. Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author, while supplies last.
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Art Goebel's Own Story by Art Goebel (edited by G.W. Hyatt) is written in language that expands for us his life as a Golden Age aviation entrepreneur, who used his aviation exploits to build a business around his passion. Available as a free download at the link.
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Winners' Viewpoints: The Great 1927 Trans-Pacific Dole Race (available as eBook) is available at the link. This book describes and illustrates with black & white photographs the majority of military aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. The book includes biographies of some of the pilots who flew the aircraft to Tucson as well as extensive listings of all the pilots and airplanes. Use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author, while supplies last.
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Clover Field: The first Century of Aviation in the Golden State (available in paperback) With the 100th anniversary in 2017 of the use of Clover Field as a place to land aircraft in Santa Monica, this book celebrates that use by exploring some of the people and aircraft that made the airport great. 281 pages, black & white photographs.
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FRIENDS OF
DELTA MIKE AIRFIELD, INCORPORATED
AND ITS SUITE OF WEB SITES
The people and organizations listed below have contributed monetary or other tangible gifts to Delta Mike Airfield, Incorporated. Thanks to them all for keeping aviation history alive!
Thanks to J.R. Hofmann for personally supplying official FAA copies of many old aircraft records.
Thanks this year to all the site visitors who have bought from the online store, or purchased one or more of the books listed in the left sidebar. All profits, 100%, from sales go to support the Web sites presented by Delta Mike Airfield, Inc. Thanks also to those who have donated via the link in the right sidebar. All donations, 100%, go to support the Web sites presented by Delta Mike Airfield, Inc.
2012
Greg Bishop via PAYPAL.
Charlie Angell via PAYPAL on behalf of his brothers in memory of their father, Francis Angell.
2011
Ott Sarapuu, Nordic Ventures OY, Tallinn, Estonia via PAYPAL.
Thanks to Tim Kalina for his donation of pilot log books, photographs and original letters covering the life of Elmer C. McLeod. These artifacts have been made public on the World Wide Web at the link.
2010
David Pitcairn Thanks to Mr. Pitcairn for his generous travel grant and for his donation of books to the Delta Mike Airfield research library.
Christine Chase Thanks to Ms. Chase for her generous contribution through PAYPAL.
2008
Suzette DeGuzman. Thanks to my good friend Suzette for her many, many contributions. Please also see the CREDITS page.
Mr. & Mrs. William Monthan. Many thanks to the grand nephew of Oscar Monthan, namesake of the Davis-Monthan Airfield, for their generous contribution. Mr. Monthan's great grandmother appears on the dais with Charles Lindbergh in this film.
C. Burton Cosgrove, III, Esq. Great thanks to Mr. Cosgrove for his generous contribution and for sharing with us his father's photograph and document collection.
Christie's New York. Thanks to the famous international auction house for their generous donation. See also the Sikorsky S-29 NC2756 to see page images from the Christie's Catalog that features the airplane.
2006-2007
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These sites are supported in part by a generous grant during 2006-2007 from the Wolf Aviation Fund. The Fund's stated Mission, echoed by Delta Mike Airfield, Inc., is:
"Promoting and Supporting General Aviation and the Public's Understanding of it".
SPONSORED LINKS
This Web site is, in turn, part of a suite of six virtual windows that illuminate old Airfield Registers from around the United States during the Golden Age of flight. The following sites are open to the public. They exhibit and analyze for you 21,667 total airfield traffic days across six Registers. Please explore and enjoy them all!
TRAVEL HUB FOR GOLDEN AGE AIRFIELDS
Clover Field, Santa Monica, CA WWW.CLOVERFIELD.ORG (You're here!) December 31, 1928 to August 4, 1939 Number of days Register was open = 3,878 Number of landings recorded = 798 over 35 pages Web site went online June 13, 2013 |
Parks Field, East St. Louis, IL |
Davis-Monthan Municipal Airfield, Tucson, AZ WWW.DMAIRFIELD.ORG February 6, 1925 to November 26, 1936 Number of days Register was open = 3,581 days Number of landings recorded = 3,704 over 218 pages Web site went online May 4, 2005 |
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO WWW.PETERSONFIELD.ORG February 22, 1929 to August 1, 1940 Number of days Register was open = 4,178 Number of landings recorded = 672 over 29 pages Web site went online June 13, 2013 |
Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, CA WWW.GRANDCENTRAL AIR TERMINAL.ORG December 14, 1930 to October 8, 1935 Number of days Register was open = 1,759 Number of landings recorded = NN over N pages Web site went online June 13, 2013 |
Pitcairn Field, Willow Grove, PA WWW.PITCAIRNFIELD.ORG October 22, 1927 to January 25, 1942 Number of days Register was open = 5,240 Number of landings recorded = 328 over 21 pages Web site went online June 13, 2013 |
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