Ann Arbor / Buffalo / San Antonio / Toledo / Omaha / Kalamazoo / Columbus / Cleveland / Indianapolis / Wichita / Hammondsport / New York City / Grand Rapids / St. Louis / Monroe / Emeryville / Bryan / New York / Kansas City / Los Angeles / Dearborn / Troy / Saginaw / Chicago / /
Fort Wayne / University of California / Speedway Hospital / Airport Name Miles / Fort Crook / Ford Airport / Imperial War Museum / /
Holiday
St. Joseph / /
IndustryTerm
carrier exercise / transportation / airline / all-metal cabin jobs / highway travel / air travel / /
MusicGroup
way out West / Oregon / /
NaturalFeature
Joseph River / Lake Erie / Wabash / Pacific Ocean / Pennsylvania mountains / /
Organization
University of California / Aviation Foundation of America Avowed / Navy / Speedway Hospital / Aviation Foundation of America Copies / Aviation Foundation of America Moline / Air Service / Detroit Board of Commerce / McCook Field Airways Mapping Division / Detroit committee / Aviation Foundation of America Detroit / Army Air Service / Aviation Foundation of America / British Navy / Aviation Foundation / /
Person
Curt Quick / Tony Fokker / Kelly Field / Lincoln Beachey / Bob Byrne / Leon Cuddeback / Charles Glidden / Edsel Ford / Lesley Forden / Freddy Lund / Billy Brock / Barney Oldfield / George Van Vliet / Campbell Des Moines / Babe Ruth / Howard Wehrle / Charley Dickinson / Casey Jones / Eddie Stinson / Leslie Newmark / Harold Lloyd / Shorty Schroeder / Paavo Nurmi / Matty Laird / William B. Mayo / Harvey Mummert / Buck Weaver / Harvey Campbell / Pere Marquette Railroads / Gloria Swanson / Harry Johnson / Charles E. Planck / Alice J. Quick / Edward G. Hamilton / / /
Position
Mercury pilot / Detroit businessmen / pilot / driver / farmer / Lieutenant / /
CHAPTER I DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 4, 1925 The spectators began arriving at the flying field very early in the morning. They walked, they pedaled bicycles, they rode motorcycles and drove