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Description
The monoplane, Pride of Detroit, leaving Old Orchard Beach for Newfoundland in August 1927.
It was the first plane to attempt a transatlantic flight from Old Orchard Beach.
The pilot was Edward F. Schlee; William Stewart Brock was the observer. They made it as far as Japan, then aborted the rest of the trip due to poor weather over the Pacific.
About This Item
- Title: 'Pride of Detroit' taking off Old Orchard Beach, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927-08-26
- Subject Date: 1927-08-26
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17 cm x 22 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p072_001
- Collection: Harry Jones Scrapbook Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Transatlantic flights
- Pride of Detroit (Airplane)
- Jones, Harry M., 1890-1973
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Beaches--Maine--Old Orchard
- Harry Jones Flying Service (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Airplanes
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Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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