Summary

Glimpses of airplanes and crews that made the Pan American Goodwill flight that covered 22,000 miles to 21 Central and South American nations, in 1926 Aerial view of hangars and runway at kelly Air Base, Texas, as one of the five Loening OA-1 Amphibious aircraft takes off from the runway on Dec 21, 1926The five aircraft seen in flight over a city, are: The New York, with crew: Maj Herbert Dargue and Lt Ennis Whitehead; The San Antonio with crew: Capt Arthur McDaniel and Lt Charles Robinson; The San Francisco with crew: Capt Ira Eaker and Lt Muir Fairchild; The Detroit, with crew: Capt Clinton Woolsey and Lt John Benton; and The St Louis, with crew: Lt Bernard Thompson and Lt Leonard Weddington President Coolidge presenting the pilots with with citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross at Bolling Field, Washington, DC, on May 2, 1927, at the opening of the Pan American Air Commission Conference Location: United States USA Date: 1926