National Air and Space Museum Archives

Fokker T-2 Photograph

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1986.0123
Dates:
May 3, 1923
May 31, 1945
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.1 Cubic feet
2 items (1 photograph, 1 letter)
Repository:
Photograph of the U. S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 on the ground at Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego, California, probably on (or not long after) May 3, 1923, following the conclusion of the first non-stop transcontinental flight. Pilots Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly and Lieutenant John A. Macready had departed from Long Island, New York, the previous day. Collection also includes a letter dated May 31, 1945, from Captain A. B. Mason, San Diego County Sheriff's Office, San Diego, California, refering to the photograph.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph of the Fokker T-2 taken at North Island Naval Air Station. Accompanying the photograph is a transmittal letter dated May 31, 1945, from Captain A. B. Mason of the San Diego County sheriff's office.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
On May 2-3, 1923, two United States Army Air Service test pilots, Lieutenants Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Macready, flew the Fokker T-2 aircraft from Long Island, New York, to San Diego, California, in the country's first nonstop transcontinental flight.

Administration

Author
Melissa A. N. Keiser
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mrs. Daryl Ferguson, gift, 1986, NASM.1986.0123
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Melissa A. N. Keiser, 2021.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Fokker T-2 Photograph, Acc. NASM.1986.0123, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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