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STANDARD
AIR LINES IMAGES
IMAGE SAL 1 NC7888: Standard Air Lines Fokker F-VII NC7888
ca. 1929
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This airplane landed at Tucson four
times during January 1929, flown by Hap
Russell,
Chief Pilot for Standard. The man holding the oil funnel
may be Russell. The dog lying in foreground, below, is unidentified.
We can see our photographer Burt Cosgrove framing the first
image of the port side, then moving to the front and snapping
the image below, with view to the north.
IMAGE SAL 2 NC7888: Standard Air Lines Fokker F-VII NC7888
ca. 1929
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The airplane pictured below is not recorded in
the Davis-Monthan Register, but it is clearly dated as being
at the Airfield on November 18, 1929. It is the "Texan" of
Standard Airlines. With engines turning, we see pilot Hap
Russell emerging from the entry door, and passengers approaching
for embarkation. Does anyone know the
color of the wingtip stripes?
IMAGE SAL 3 NC9169: Standard Air Lines Fokker F-10 NC9169
11/18/29
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Below, photographer Cosgrove is on the left, with Hap
Russell,
pilot. The two women, left to right, are Cosgrove's grandmother
and mother. They were bound for Phoenix this day.
IMAGE SAL 4 NC9169: Standard Air Lines Fokker F-10 NC9169
11/18/29
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The two images, below,
of NC9724 are
undated photos of a Fokker Super Universal flown by Standard
Air Lines. If you follow the link, you will find
that no mention of this accident is made in the NASM record.
The damage may not have been "significant" enough
to investigate. This appears to be a common "ground loop" accident.
IMAGE SAL 5 NC9724: Standard Airlines Fokker Super Universal
NC9724
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IMAGE SAL 6 NC9724: Standard Airlines Fokker Super Universal
NC9724
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The two images below were taken between August 3 and August
5, 1929. They show an actress, Priscilla Dean, in a polka dots, who seems to be the center of attention. She starred
in a 1927 two-reeler with Laurel & Hardy titled "Slipping
Wives" trying
to make her husband jealous by flirting with handyman Stan
Laurel. Hardy plays the family butler (without a moustache),
who has a comic encounter with Laurel. The film was made
before Stan and Ollie became the famous duo. Interestingly, Ms. Dean was the wife of Register pilot Les Arnold.
IMAGE SAL 7 Passenger Group
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There are 20 people in the image below. Although not all
were passengers, the Register lists the names of 16 of them.
They are: Mrs. Les Arnold (Priscilla Dean) at center, Harry
O. Steiger, Gladys Ingle (far right?), Jack Dean, J.S. Dawley, W.L. Beebe,
H.C. Eller, G. Nuckols, A.W. Poole, F.W. Oakes, Mrs. Paul
Richter (woman at far left?), Ernest V. Moore, plus 3 unreadable. The ribbon across the breast of the woman in the white dress reads, "Miss El Paso and Juarez". There is one
additional person (7th from left), Jack
Frye, who was President
of Standard Air Lines. Can anyone identify any of the others.
IMAGE SAL 8 Passenger Group
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Below is an undated image of the Standard Air Lines terminal
maintenance facility in Los Angeles. The company's fleet
of Alexander Eaglerocks is represented right up front by
NC7486, which landed at Tucson twice in November 1928. It
was flown by Jack
Frye on both occasions.
IMAGE SAL 9 Aero Corporation of California Terminal Building
ca. 1928
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