The Curtiss Condor airplane visited the new Lancaster Municipal Airport to sell rides, day or night, to Lancaster countians. The pilot was the famed transatlantic flyer Clarence Chamberlin.
Paul Schlotzhauer with two pilots in front of an airplane. Written on back: "Lt. W. T. Margalis, Lt. R. K. Black, Paul Schlotzhauer, Lancaster Airport. Martin Bomber".
Paul Schlotzhauer with his airplane and car at Lancaster Airport
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Paul Schlotzhauer with an airplane and and automobile at Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "Paul Schlotzhauer, Taylor Cub Airplane T-2 and Pierce Arrow Car at Lancaster Airport, 1937".
Paul Schlotzhauer with his mother and brother at Lancaster Airport
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Paul L. Schlotzhauer, left, with his mother, Katharine Vollmer Schlotzhauer, and his brother, Robert Schlotzhauer at Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "April 1st. 1930, Arrival in Lancaster, Pa. from Valley Stream, L. I. 1st cross country trip solo. Mother & brother".
Paul Schlotzhauer with his mother at Lancaster Airport
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Paul L. Schlotzhauer, left, with his mother, Katharine Vollmer Schlotzhauer, at Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "Arrival by plane from Valley Stream, N. Y. on first solo trip to creditor's meeting for bankruptcy of Schlotzhauer Baking Co., Lancaster, Pa. Paul Schlotzhauer, pilot, Lic. No. 12548. Mother - Lancaster Airport. 1930"
Fueling an airplane in the late 1920s at Old Lancaster Airport. Five gallon cas of gasoline from the fuel truck were poured through a chamois filter into the airplane's fuel tank.
Photograph- Dick Beckley and Art Lamparter with a Pitcairn Auto-Giro airplane. Note advertising for Garden Spot Motor Company and Ford on the side of the aircraft.
Photograph- Dick Beckley and Art Lamparter with a Pitcairn Auto-Giro airplane. Note advertising for Garden Spot Motor Company and Ford on the side of the aircraft.
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Dick Beckley and Art Lamparter with a Pitcairn Auto-Giro airplane. Note advertising for Garden Spot Motor Company and Ford on the side of the aircraft.
Aerial view of Lancaster Airport. Written on back: "Lancaster Airport, Manheim Pike, 1 mile from city. Taken at 1,000 ft altitude by W. F. Hallowell. Pilot Paul Schlotzhauer."