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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man standing portrait coveralls aviation pilot aviator mustache moustache wing 1929 airmail aircraft airplane biplane boeing air transport boeingairtransport bat boeing pratt & whitney prattwhitney p&w pw pratt & whitney hornet prattwhitneyhornet p&w hornet pwhornet hornet hornet radial engine hornetradialengine pratt & whitney r-1690 hornet prattwhitneyr1690hornet pratt & whitney r-1690 prattwhitneyr1690 r-1690 r1690 reuben wagner reubenwagner old plane national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum wagner us air mail usairmail air mail pilot airmailpilot boeing model 40 boeingmodel40 boeing 40 boeing40 monochrome Date: September 1, 1929 Object number: A.2009-18 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Reuben Wagner served as a pilot for the Post Office Department's airmail service from April 23, 1923 to June 30, 1927. During those years he was stationed first at the Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois, airmail fields. In 1924 he was transferred to the Omaha, Nebraska airfield. In October 1929 Wagner took part in the fifth National Air Tour. Wagner flew a Boeing 95 with a Pratt & Whitney Hornet 535 horse power engine. Wagner ended the race towards the back of the pack, winning $200 for his efforts (top prize was $2500). The race covered much of the east coast and Midwest, with flyers traveling a circular route from Dearborn, Michigan to Montreal, Canada, and from Portland, Maine to Jacksonville, Florida, Wichita, Kansas, and St. Paul, Minnesota before heading back to Dearborn. The race was won by pilot John Livingston, who flew a Waco CSO aircraft with a 225 horse power Wright J6-7 engine. Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207516 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: September 1, 1929 Object number: A.2009-18 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: Reuben Wagner served as a pilot for the Post Office Department's airmail service from April 23, 1923 to June 30, 1927. During those years he was stationed first at the Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois, airmail fields. In 1924 he was transferred to the Omaha, Nebraska airfield. In October 1929 Wagner took part in the fifth National Air Tour. Wagner flew a Boeing 95 with a Pratt & Whitney Hornet 535 horse power engine. Wagner ended the race towards the back of the pack, winning $200 for his efforts (top prize was $2500). The race covered much of the east coast and Midwest, with flyers traveling a circular route from Dearborn, Michigan to Montreal, Canada, and from Portland, Maine to Jacksonville, Florida, Wichita, Kansas, and St. Paul, Minnesota before heading back to Dearborn. The race was won by pilot John Livingston, who flew a Waco CSO aircraft with a 225 horse power Wright J6-7 engine. Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207516 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
