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Your copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register 1925-1936 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 It includes across 277 pages previously unpublished photographs and texts, and facsimiles of personal letters, diaries and military orders.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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President (as of the upload date of this page) Andy Heins of the National Waco Club sent the images at left. 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 Model RNF NC677N

 

NC677N (S/N 3222) was signed twice in the Willow Grove Register. Its first visit was on Wednesday, May 30, 1930. The solo pilot was Jack Bartow. Bartow cited in the Register that he arrived at Willow Grove from Central Airport, Camden, NJ. He cited no destination or purpose for his flight. Pilot Bartow was a co-founder of the Wings Corporation of Philadelphia, PA.

It appeared the next time in the Register over nine years later, on Friday, September 15, 1939. The pilot was Theo Blanchard, who recorded in the Register that he arrived at WIllow Grove from Boulevard Airport, Philadelphia, PA. He carried one unidentified passenger. He cited his destination as "Blue Stone," which remains inscrutable. He noted in his remarks, "Wet grounds." I have no photographs of the airplane.

The manufacturer's specification sheet for NC677N is below. It left the factory on April 15, 1930. It was equipped with a Heywood starter and a wooden propeller. It was powered by a Warner engine, S/N 706. It was painted all over vermillion, with silver wings: a handsome airplane.

Manufacturer's Specification Sheet, Waco NC677N, April 15, 1930 (Source: Heins)
Manufacturer's Specification Sheet, Waco NC677N, April 15, 1930 (Source: Heins)

NC677N appeared to remain with the Waco Company for a few years after it was manufactured. According to the right column in the sheet below, a few upgrades were made to the structure and accessories of the airplane during 1930-31 while it was still owned by the company.

Then the chain of custody recorded by the Waco Company consisted of three other owners. It was first transferred on August 1, 1933 to Wings Corporation located in Blue Bell, PA.

Manufacturer's Specification Sheet, Waco NC677N, April 15, 1930 (Source: Heins)
Manufacturer's Specification Sheet, Waco NC677N, April 15, 1930 (Source: Heins)

Then to Richard L. Quinn of Philadelphia, PA. Then, on the eve of WWII, to Boulevard Airport, Inc. on August 14, 1941. According to the online FAA database, NC677N is owned today by an individual in Zanesville, OH. It's airworthiness certificate is due for renewal in 2017. I do not know if it is flying. Neither do I know the chain of custody between 1941 and today. If you can help fill in the blanks, please let me KNOW.

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