Keywords: sdasm aviation aeronautics san diego air and space museum sandiegoairandspacemuseum ryan lindbergh monochrome blackandwhite outdoor airplane aircraft vehicle black and white Ryan flying Liberty Dehaviland no 13. A 1968 newspaper clipping states, "A chance meeting in San Francisco between US Army Air Corps Major Henry Hap Arnold and Coert du Bois, California Regional Forester of the US forest service. resulted in the first aerial fire patrol." It operated from March Field under Arnold patrolling the San Bernardino Mountains in 1919. Small picture. Photo from the "Early Days" of Ryan Aeronautical Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Ryan flying Liberty Dehaviland no 13. A 1968 newspaper clipping states, "A chance meeting in San Francisco between US Army Air Corps Major Henry Hap Arnold and Coert du Bois, California Regional Forester of the US forest service. resulted in the first aerial fire patrol." It operated from March Field under Arnold patrolling the San Bernardino Mountains in 1919. Small picture. Photo from the "Early Days" of Ryan Aeronautical Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |