Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929."
National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress
Description: Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929." [show more]
"Helen Frances Wooster (1906-1985) was the great granddaughter of John Thurston (1800-1865). Helen Frances Wooster was born on April 15, 1906 to Joseph E. Wooster and Myra Jane (Thurston) Wooster in West Tremont, Maine. Joseph E. Wooster was, at various times, a teacher, the Master of a small steamer, carrying freight and a house carpenter. Helen married Marlin Vance McLaughlin (1903-1990), son of James Edward MacLaughlin and Abbie Blin (Skofield) MacLaughlin on August 22, 1927 in Maine. Marlin was a teacher and became a school principal in Connecticut. Helen Frances Wooster died on April 23, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama."
Description: "Helen Frances Wooster (1906-1985) was the great granddaughter of John Thurston (1800-1865). Helen Frances Wooster was born on April 15, 1906 to Joseph E. Wooster and Myra Jane (Thurston) Wooster in West Tremont, Maine. Joseph E. Wooster was, at various times, a teacher, the Master of a small steamer, carrying freight and a house carpenter. Helen married Marlin Vance McLaughlin (1903-1990), son of James Edward MacLaughlin and Abbie Blin (Skofield) MacLaughlin on August 22, 1927 in Maine. Marlin was a teacher and became a school principal in Connecticut. Helen Frances Wooster died on April 23, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama." [show more]
The card was found by Ralph Stanley in the remains of Franklin Dolliver Ward's old machine shop in Manset before it was remodeled and became a restaurant.