This is a photo collage of the events of September 30th, 1927 from Lindbergh's visit to Tulsa during his national tour following his historic flight. Sharing the limelight was Lt. Arthur Goebels, the winner of the Dole Prize for flying the Pacific
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Duncan McIntyre Airport, six miles east of Tulsa on the (then) new Highway 66. The sod field airport was on what is the southeast corner of Admiral Place and Sheridan Avenue today. Circa 1927
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Duncan A. McIntyre (in the pilot's seat) and McLeod (climbing into the front cockpit) of McIntyre's personal JN-1 Jennie biplane. Circa 1927
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Tulsa Reservoir Hill aerial landmark pointing to McIntyre Airport. The arrow points southeast. This landmark was used by Lindbergh on his visit to Tulsa. Circa 1927.
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The "Woolaroc", a Traval Air 5000 Special, the plane flown by Lt. Arthur Goebel to Hawaii. The tail number is 869
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Arthur Goebel in conversation with the wife of a Standard Oil director near the McIntyre Administration Building. Lt. Goebel was the pilot of the Phillips Oil Company plane "Woolaroc" the first plane to fly from California to Hawaii on August 17, 1927, six weeks before this photo was taken on September 30, 1927.
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The Spirit of St Louis just after landing. Note the two wing walkers guiding the plane in to the 2500 fans awaiting Lindbergh's arrival. The plane landed about 2:00 PM on September 30, 1927.
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Colonel Lindbergh at the controls of the Spirit of St Louis as he arrives. Duncan McIntyre is partially visible behind the strut.
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Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Tulsa Mayor Herman F. Newblock and Lieutenant Arthur Goebel posing by the Spirit of St Louis.
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Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Tulsa Mayor Herman F. Newblock and Lieutenant Arthur Goebel posing by the Spirit of St Louis.
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Boy Scout Ritter, Lieutenant A. C. Strickland (Lindbergh's trainer at Kelly Field), Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Tulsa Mayor Herman F. Newblock, Lieutenant Arthur Goebel and a McIntyre Airport mechanic posing by the Spirit of St Louis.
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Boy Scout Ritter, Lieutenant A. C. Strickland (Lindbergh's trainer at Kelly Field), Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Tulsa Mayor Herman F. Newblock and Lieutenant Arthur Goebel posing by the Spirit of St Louis.
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Boy Scout Ritter, Lieutenant A. C. Strickland (Lindbergh's trainer at Kelly Field), Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Tulsa Mayor Herman F. Newblock, Lieutenant Arthur Goebel and a McIntyre Airport mechanic posing by the Spirit of St Louis.
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Lieutenant Arthur Goebel and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh on the back of a Packard Phaeton on their way to the Tulsa State Fair and Oil Exposition on East 21st Street, Tulsa.
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A program from the Tulsa State Fair and Oil Exhibition featuring a cover photo of the event.
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The front of a locally made pin featuring the Spirit of St Louis and Charles Lindbergh made for the occasion of his visit.
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