Keywords: aviation aircraft airplane loening loening ol-8 loeningol8 loening ol-8a loeningol8a ol-8 ol8 ol-8a ol8a vj-2 vj2 biplane flying boat flyingboat seaplane loening aeronautical engineering loeningaeronauticalengineering loening ol loeningol ol pratt & whitney prattwhitney pratt & whitney r-1340 wasp prattwhitneyr1340wasp pratt & whitney r-1340 prattwhitneyr1340 pratt & whitney wasp prattwhitneywasp wasp radial waspradial r-1340 r1340 blackandwhite monochrome outdoor vehicle black and white A Loening OL-8A from VJ-2 #2-J-1 at NRAB Long Beach with the Signal Hill oil derricks in the background. Circa early 1930s. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum From the Haase Collection JMF Haase Collection This selection of beautiful photographs of early Navy aircraft is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. A Loening OL-8A from VJ-2 #2-J-1 at NRAB Long Beach with the Signal Hill oil derricks in the background. Circa early 1930s. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum From the Haase Collection JMF Haase Collection This selection of beautiful photographs of early Navy aircraft is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. |