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Description
The crews of the French plane Yellow Bird (Oiseau Canari) and the American plane Green Flash listening for weather reports at the Brunswick Hotel at Old Orchard Beach on June 4, 1929.
The two planes planned a transatlantic race and were waiting for appropriate weather conditions. The two planes left on June 13, but the American plane flipped on takeoff, was damaged and could not compete. The French crew made it to Spain.
The Yellow Bird crew are Jean Assolant, Rene Lefevre, and Armando Lotti. The American crew members are Roger Q. Williams and Lewis Yancey.
About This Item
- Title: Crews of 'Yellow Bird' and 'Green Flash,' Old Orchard, 1929
- Creator: Kahill Photo Studios
- Creation Date: 1929-06-04
- Subject Date: 1929-06-04
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Locations:
- Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p080_001
- Collection: Harry Jones Scrapbook Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Transatlantic flights
- Transcontinental flights--United States
- Air pilots--French
- Air pilots--Spanish
- Air pilots--American
- Airplanes--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Yellow Bird (Airplane)
- Pathfinder (Airplane)
- Radios
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Green Flash (Airplane)
- Jones, Harry M., 1890-1973--Friends & associates--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
People
- Assolant, Jean
- Lefevre, Rene
- Lotti, Armando
- Lotti, Armando
- Williams, Roger Q.
- Yancey, Lewis
- Yancey, Lewis
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Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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