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Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register (available in paperback) 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 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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 images at right. Andy  runs the day to day business of the Club, and we should all thank him for the effort he expended to help us understand better the Waco aircraft that landed and were signed in our Registers way back when.

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WACO DSO NC6877

 

This airplane is a 1929 Waco model DSO (S/N A-1). It appeared in the Grand Central Air Terminal (GCAT) once, on Tuesday, Aprul 21, 1931 at 1:50PM. The pilot and single passenger were unidentified by tower Operator Wright, as were their home base and destination. They remained on the ground a couple of hours before departing at 4:03PM. Below are several photographs of NC6877 aloft. Thanks to Andy Heins and the National Waco Club (left sidebar) for photographs and information on this page.

1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)
1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)

NC6877 was a three-place, open biplane powered by a Hispano-Suiza (Hisso) engine. According to aerofiles.com, the model DSO could be purchased with a Hisso A engine for $3,935 (150HP), or a Hisso E engine for $4,085 (180HP). It could be converted from wheels to EDO floats. Below, a fly-over by NC6877.

1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)
1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)

A factory new Hisso 150HP engine sits on a test stand at the Waco factory, below. Note the radiator suspended above the rear of the engine. The photograph is from this REFERENCE, page 52.

Hispano-Suiza 150HP Engine, Waco Factory, Date Unknown (Source: Reference)

Below, another fly-over.

1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)
1929 Waco model DSO, Date & Location Unknown (Source: Heins)

I have no further information about this airplane and do not know its ultimate fate. If you can help fill in the blanks, please lte me KNOW.

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