Russ Hoyt again in an A-1!

[deand]

Same ebay search as previous picture:

"After months of preparation on both coasts, Question Mark was ready for testing. On January 1, 1929, it took off from Lot Angeles Metropolitan Airport, in Van Nuys, California, with Maj. Carl Spatz (who in 1937 would change the spelling of his last name to Spaatz to encourage the proper pronunciation, “Spots”), Capt. Ira Eaker, Lt. Harry Halverson, Lt. Elwood Quesada, and Sgt. R. W. Hooe aboard. It was quite an illustrious crew. All except Hooe eventually became generals, with Spaatz serving as the Air Force’s first chief of staff and Quesada heading the Federal Aviation Agency. Capt. Ross Hoyt, flying one of the refueling planes, also went on to become a general, and today the Brig. Gen. Ross Hoyt Award is given annually to the Air Force’s top refueling crew."





dean

 

[Dr H]

Much smarter...

 

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Never mind Spa(a)tz. How do you say Eaker and Hooe? I want to say Acre and Hooey, myself.

Quesada is Kay SAH dah. (Everyone called him Pete for some reason.) Interestingly enough, he played football in college and was recruited into the Air Service by a referee who thought a guy with such good moves would be a fine pilot. He also called his plane "The Spirit of Unrest," which might have been a poor career move for a less talented military officer back in the days when the ROTC manual defined "democracy" as "mob rule."