Refueling Jimmy Doolittle's Laird Solution Bi-Plane
Date1931
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (12 × 17 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.062
DescriptionMen stand around Jimmy Doolittle's Laird Super Solution bi-plane as it is refueled at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the 1931 Bendix Trophy Race. The single-engine bi-plane is a dark color and parked on a paved tarmac. Clyde Tingley is standing in the foreground near the tail of the plane. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Jas. Doolittle - Laird Solution Bendix Race 1931".
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