Register Signers Stuart Auer, Freddie Lund & Milo Oliphant, Date Unknown

I have no information about pilot Milo Oliphant except this image provided by Andy Heins. "Fearless" Freddie Lund squats at left front. Stuart Auer (note misspelling on the photo) signed the Register as a passenger with John P. Wood on September 22, 1928. The other men are unidentified. If you can identify them, please let me KNOW.

Milo Oliphant landed Wednesday, September 26, 1928 at 4:30 PM at Tucson. He carried a single passenger, William Drury. Based at Ypsilanti, MI, they were eastbound from San Diego, CA to El Paso, TX in Waco ASO NC3244 (S/N 832, manufactured in 1927).

Given the closeness of Tucson landing dates of Auer with Wood, Oliphant with Drury - and Freddie Lund landed on September 19 - this image might have been taken sometime near the end of festivities following the "On to Los Angeles" National Air Races that year. Wood placed third in the transcontinental Class B race. And Drury placed first in the International Air Race, Windsor, Ontario to Los Angeles, CA.

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