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The Congress of Ghosts (available as Kindle Edition 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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 (available in paperback) 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 (available as free PDF download) 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 Kindle Edition 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 & Kindle Edition) 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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President (as of the upload date of this page) Andy Heins of the National Waco Club sent the image at left. Andy runs the day to day business of the Club, and we should all thank him for the effort he expends to help us understand better the Waco aircraft that were signed so long ago in the Registers of Delta Mike Airfield, Inc.
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WACO IDC NC133Y
NC133Y (S/N 3320) was signed in the Register of the Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT) three times. The first visit was on Friday, March 27, 1931 at 11:15AM. It was flown, probably solo, by W.E. Miller. The owner was identified by tower Operator A.J. Lygum as "G.A. Vickman," but, from the information below, we know the owner was George Viehmann of Santa Maria, CA at that time. Miller departed at 12:43PM to an unidentified destination.
It was manufactured by the Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, OH and finished on September 2, 1930. The manufacturer's specifications as it came from the factory are below, courtesy of Andy Heins (cited, left sidebar). The airplane was modestly equipped with basic instrumentation. It was painted vermillion and silver. I have no photographs of NC133Y. If you can help with photos, please let me KNOW.
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The second and third visits to GCAT were on April 1, 1931 at 9:48AM (lolo) and 12:46PM (one unidentified passenger). Lygum noted no other information in the Register, except that ownership had changed to the Kinner Motors Company. NC133Y also appeared once August 4 or 5, 1930 in the Parks Airport Register flown by Martie Bowman. Based at Los Angeles, CA, she was eastbound to Chicago, IL.
The chain of command for the airplane was relatively long, below. On September 23, 1930 it was delivered to the Troy Flying Service. Five weeks later it was in California owned by Mr. Viehmann. About two years later it was moved back east with Standard Flying Service in Newark, NJ.
It then went through at least eight more owners between 1934 and 1941. The Great Depression was hard on airplanes, since they exchanged hands so much among owners who perhaps discovered they couldn't afford them. Regardless, it remained in the northeast for the remainder of its recorded life.
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I do not know what it was used for during WWII, if it was used at all. The final unidentified registration action was performed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) in 1945.
Today registration 133Y is worn by a Beech E35 Bonanza operated by a cattle company in South Dakota.
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