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1. Print, Photographic - Picture of five unidentified people standing in front of a plane at what has become the Smokejumper Base. The plane is an Army Aircorp fighter. Built in 1930-31 is was called a Curtis FHC-5 Hawk. Note the gunsight up by the cockpit. This plane was obsolete by the time WWII came around.

   2004.001.025

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Print, Photographic - Three small pictures of a Pitcairn Auto Gyro built in 1932. It is being shown at an air show in Wenatchee at Fancher Field. (See Catalog number 2004.001.023) It is the precusor to the helicopter. There is no power to the rotor but the propeller pulls it through the air which turns the rotor to give it lift. This is a PA-18 Tandem Sports Model. Harold Pitcairn was trying to sell it to the US for $5000. but that was a tough sell during the depression. King Baird on the side of the cockpit in the one photo refers to the pilot. One story says that King Baird in this autogyro was the first to land at the Pasayten Airstrip.

   2004.001.024

   Record Type: Photo