Keywords: north island northisland haase san diego sandiego us navy usnavy vt-2 vt2 vt-2b vt2b buno a-8472 bunoa8472 a-8472 a8472 buno 8472 buno8472 8472 aviation aircraft airplane biplane naval aviation navalaviation torpedo bomber torpedobomber glenn l. martin company glennlmartincompany martin company martincompany martin martin t4m martint4m t4m martin t4m-1 martint4m1 t4m-1 t4m1 great lakes aircraft greatlakesaircraft great lakes greatlakes great lakes tg-1 greatlakestg1 tg-1 tg1 pratt & whitney prattwhitney p&w pw pratt & whitney r-1690 prattwhitneyr1690 p&w r-1690 pwr1690 r-1690 r1690 r-1690-28 r169028 united states navy unitedstatesnavy usn blackandwhite monochrome vehicle black and white Nice photograph of a Great Lakes TG-1 (8472) 2-T-1 of VT-2B. This is the commadning officers aircraft. VT-2B was assigned to USS Saratoga (CV-2) circa 1929-1930. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum This photo 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. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Nice photograph of a Great Lakes TG-1 (8472) 2-T-1 of VT-2B. This is the commadning officers aircraft. VT-2B was assigned to USS Saratoga (CV-2) circa 1929-1930. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum This photo 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. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |