R. L. Gerhart Company's Ryan monoplane advertised El Capitan Coffee. Pilot Jesse Jones stands at left. This is thought to be the first business aircraft purchased by a Lancaster County company. It was the sister ship of the Ryan "Spirit of St. Louis" flown by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in May 1927.
Unidentified man sitting in cockpit, woman seated on wing and pilot seated in rear seat of Lancaster Airways, Inc. airplane. The Lancaster Airways logo of a red rose with wings and the phrase "the Red Rose City" is seen on the side of the plane. The company was formed in May of 1928.