Contributed by Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
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Description
Old Glory is parked in front of a hangar at the Old Orchard Beach airport on September 6, 1927.
This Bristol Jupiter Motor 450 HP Fokker Monoplane has a wing spread of 65 feet, carries a total of 1,120 gallons of gas with a loaded weight of 12,500 pounds.
It was piloted by James D. Hill and L. Bertraud and the passenger was newsman Phil Payne.
The plane attempted a transatlantic flight and was lost at sea.
About This Item
- Title: 'Old Glory,' Old Orchard Beach, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927-09-06
- Subject Date: 1927-09-06
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 14 cm x 22 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p069_001
- Collection: Harry Jones Scrapbook Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Jones, Harry M., 1890-1973
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Transatlantic flights
- Harry Jones Flying Service (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Airplanes
- Old Glory (Airplane)
- Air pilots
- Fokker airplanes
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Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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