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"The Register of the Davis-Monthan
Municipal Airfield, 1925-1936

With Cross-References to the Pilots
Who Landed There And Their Aircraft"

By
G.W. Hyatt, Ph.D.

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Imagine having in your hands a time machine!  You tell us, what can be said about a 340-page book that reveals one of the most important civil, commercial and military aviation artifacts of the 20th century?

Front Cover of the Book

Your Old Pilot, who is never lost for words, says,

Well, the way we interpret his statement is that this book is simply, and honestly, inspired by a true story that you and your friends will most certainly and inexpensively like to read about.

This book contains splendid greyscale copies of ALL 218 pages of the original Davis-Monthan Airfield Register.  The Register records flight activities into and out of the Airfield between February 6, 1925 and November 26, 1936, a decade forming the heart of the Golden Age of Aviation. 

The pages are literally chock-full of irresistible Golden Age history waiting just inside the compelling, heavy-weight, matched, goggle-embossed covers. Download the Table of Contents and Preface here.

But that’s not all!  A BIG PLUS is this book also contains THREE valuable chapters with extensive computer-generated TABLES that cross-reference the pilots and airplanes with the Register page numbers!! 

These three chapters, which total near 100 pages themselves, take this great book to near perfection, because now you can look up a pilot name or airplane brand or registration number in an organized table and go directly to the page of the original Register where they are signed in. 

After we showed him a copy of the book and showed him how to use it, Your Old Pilot said,

Part of Cross-Reference Chapter 2: Pilot Names Listed Alphabetically

Nuts and bolts, indeed. Clean and simple, these three tables give us the most handy way we’ve ever seen to check out the Register for autographs of your favorite Golden Age pilots like Amelia Earhart or Wiley Post, or see what Lockheed Vegas landed at the Airfield in 1933, or to find out on what date NX-211, “The Spirit of St . Louis” landed there.

Notice on the sample table page from Chapter 2, at left, Lindbergh is referenced as appearing on page 22 of the Register, and he landed on September 23, 1927.

The entire book is handily and sturdily wire-bound so it is easy to open and keep open.  The pages lie flat.  This is especially practical for laying a straight edge across the Register pages to keep track of airplanes, dates, and places across a single record.  You’ll realize what a great advantage this is when you burn your Ever-Ready for a few nights browsing and studying this book, which you will.  It’ll get to you, kind of like fumes off of nitrate dope.

The central section of Register page 22, showing Lindbergh's signature, is below. This image is about the size you'll see it in the book (plus or minus a bit, depending on your monitor). Other notables who signed on the same page, which you'll see when you examine the book, were T.C. Ryan up near the top of the page, and Nathan Twining (later General Twining) near the bottom. Also signed in on page 22 are several Navy pilots from San Diego (among them Bogusch and Richardson) who were sent to Tucson to help welcome Lindbergh. Learn more about their visit to Tucson here.

Register Page 22 With Lindbergh's Signature

T. Claude Ryan, of course, is the founder of the Ryan Aircraft Company in San Diego, which designed the "Spirit of St. Louis." What a coincidence he signed two weeks earlier the same page of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register that Lindbergh signed!

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And this is only one of 218 pages! There are lots more compelling coincidences just waiting for you. If you don't believe this, you should understand that the Register was signed, by hand, by 1,962 unique pilots, flying 2,129 unique aircraft.  They carried 2,061 unique passengers.

Your Old Pilot says, "You do the math! It's a cinch you'll find something in the book to interest you!" He's right, you know. You can't get to understand an individual pilot of the Register without becoming familiar with at least several others; then their airplanes; then their origins and destinations; then the politics and sociology of the era. You'll have your hands full trying to keep up! That's why, just below, we recommend you log on FREE to dmairfield.org.

Your Old Pilot says,

“The Register of the Davis-Monthan Municipal Airfield With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There And Their Aircraft”

is an exceptionally GREAT GIFT for amateur or professional pilots, right-seaters, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, grandmas, grandpas, modocs and godunks.  It’s that special something for the aviator or would-be aviator who has everything else. Fans of the Golden Age should not be without it!

Made available to you in 8.5” x 11” format (approx. 22cm x 28cm), the 340 pages are divided into four chapters and include a Preface and Introduction. Your book is strongly wire-bound, printed on 50lb opaque white paper for durability and many hours of hard browsing in all kinds of weather. Your handsome, genuine simulated leather book covers are printed full-bleed on 10 pt glossy stock.

Back Cover of the Book

Buy this book and as a special feature you may log on FREE to the companion website at WWW.DMAIRFIELD.ORG.  There you’ll find all the pilots, passengers and aircraft from the Register celebrated in further detail. WWW.DMAIRFIELD.ORG is exclusively about this transient pilot’s Register.  It brings to light and life the people, aircraft, events and some of the places you'll find in your Register pages.

As a complement to this book, a contemporary website is, indeed, the best way to manage and present such a labyrinthine chain of information.  Multi-branching hyperlinks make it much more practical to tie together related facts and figures about the diversity of people, places, events and aircraft.

Comments from website visitors are printed on the back cover of the book, at right. PLEASE NOTE: Part of what you pay for this book goes toward research, development and support for dmairfield.org. Buy this book and show your support for Golden Age history!

Now, sit up straight, open your new copy of this book, turn the switch on your browser, strap in, and enjoy them all!

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