Roy Wilson signed the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register twice. The first time was on Sunday, November 15, 1925. He carried a single passenger, his mother, Mrs. F.N. Brooks. Based at Clover Field, Los Angeles, CA, they were westbound from Detroit, MI. They remained overnight in Tucson and continued their trip to Los Angeles the next day at 12:30PM. The image below (credit, right sidebar) shows Roy Wilson with his mother.

Roy Wilson and His Mother, Mrs. F.N. Brooks

The date and location of this image are unknown. Below, another undated image of Mrs. Brooks, this time with her other son Tave Wilson (not a Register signer) who was a motion picture stunt pilot of the era. Both he and brother Roy were members of The Motion Pictures Pilots' Association. See the book by Wynne in the REFERENCES.

Mrs. F.N. Brooks and Tave Wilson

Roy Wilson's second signing of the Register occurred about a year later on Wednesday, November 10, 1926 at 11:30 AM. He was solo this time westbound from Lordsburg, NM. Below, an undated image of Wilson with a Standard aircraft. It is unknown if this, or any of the ones above, are aircraft that he flew to Tucson.

Roy Wilson with Standard Airplane, Date Unknown

The Helena, MT Daily Independent of September 24, 1927 cites pilot Wilson and co-pilot Bob Starkey on a search and rescue mission (see the brief article at the bottom center of the page).

Photo contributor John Underwood (cited, right sidebar) says of Roy Wilson,

"Roy was killed in 1932 during a film shoot in the desert when he held the Travelair in a spin too long.  When Tave died I fell heir to his memorabilia, which included a large number of old negatives, some of them 8x10s.   He quit flying after Roy was killed, sold Wilson Airport to Johnny Adams, who changed the name to Adamsport, and went with North American and then Hughes, where he was an inspector on the HK-1."

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