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• Beginnings
• Washington and its Airports
  • College Park
  • Washington-Hoover
  • Congressional Airport
• The Planes and Their Engines
  • Stinson "S" Junior
  • Waco ZQC-6
  • Howard DGA-15
  • Curtiss OX-5 Engine
  • Other Airplanes
• Clubs and Organisations
• Washington Air Derby 1932
  • 1932 National Air Race, Cleveland, Ohio
• Langley Day
  • Winners for 1933 and 1934 Langley Day
  • Chet Warrington, Ron Hubbard and Scientology
• Women in Competition
• Sportman Pilots Association
• Epilogue

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Charles Lindbergh's Lockheed Sirius

In 1931 Charles Lindbergh trained his wife Anne to be a fellow pilot for one of his longest air voyages: his "Voyage to the Orient." On 27 July 1931 they departed Long Island and travelled through Ottawa and up through the north of Canada, crossing the Bering Sea on 14 August and arriving in Tokyo on 26 August. They voyaged on to China and returned to the U.S. In 1935 Anne wrote a book of their experiences on this trip entitled North to the Orient.

These photos were taken 7 August 1931 during Lindbergh's stopover in Aklavik, in the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories. The Sirius is in the foreground of both photos; Lindbergh himself is seen alighting from the aircraft on the right.

A Spartan 7W, 7W-27, NC-17658. Manufactured by the Mid-Continent Aircraft Co., Tulsa, OK

Stinson 10-A, NC-36078

Hawks HM-1 (also known as the Hawks-Gee Bee), NX-2491. Exclusively a racing plane (shown here at an air show) it was originally built by the Granville Brothers, who built the Gee Bees. It was sponsored by Gruen Watch for their "Time Flies" promotion. As shown in the photo, it had already been rebuilt as the "Miller HM-1."

Davis D-1, NC-857N. Note that the photo was taken with the wheels behind the chocks and the engine running. Chet was a dealer for these planes.

Monocoupe, 12370. This was a favourite competition plane, as the Langley Day results show.