1928 Golden Age Aviation Photo Aircraft Greater Rockford Illinois Sweden flight for Sale

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1928 Golden Age Aviation Photo Aircraft Greater Rockford Illinois Sweden flight For Sale

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1928 Golden Age Aviation Photo Aircraft Greater Rockford Illinois Sweden flight:
$19.99

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Original 1928 press photo monoplane "Greater Rockford" flown by Aviators Bert "Fish" Hassell + Parker "Shorty" Cramer, the "Greater Rockford," of Rockford, Illinois. Hassell was taught to fly by Glenn Curtiss + became the lead instructor at the Curtiss Flying School. WWI aviator. In 1928 he made the historic Rockford-to-Stockholm flight returned to a celebratory parade. Although Hassell was forced to make an emergency landing on the Greenland ice cap and did not make it all the way to Stockholm, he did pioneer the Great Circle Route of flying that is commonly used today.

He was a WWI aviator. There is much online about Hassell.

Period date on front of photo: July 18, 1928

In 1928 he made the historic Rockford-to-Stockholm flight and returned to a celebratory parade. Although Hassell was forced to make an emergency landing on the Greenland ice cap and did not make it all the way to Stockholm, he did pioneer the Great Circle Route of flying that is commonly used today.

Original period caption on back of photo: "READY FOR SWEDEN FLIGHT - Bert Hassell, pilot and Parker D. Cramer, navigator, both of Rockford, Ill., in their monoplane, Greater Rockford, are all ready for their one stop flight from the City of Rockford to Stockholm, Sweden. the flyers intend to stop at the Mount Evans Observatory, established by the University of Michigan, in Greenland, and then continue to Stockholm. Photo shows the Stinson monoplane, Greater Rockford. July 18"

From "Hassell became the head instructor of the Curtiss Aviation School just before World War I. When the United States entered the war he was named second lieutenant in the army signal corps. Shortly after, he was transferred to McCook field and became a test pilot for Curtiss planes in addition to his work as an instructor. Once out of the army, he used his aviation skills to work for the post office while continuing barnstorming and stunt flying.

In 1928 Hassell set out to test his idea of flying the Great Circle route, beginning in the northern Midwest and ending in either England or the Scandinavian Peninsula. He and his co-pilot Parker "Shorty" Cramer eventually decided to test this route by flying from Rockford, Illinois to Sweden, with a stop for fuel at the Sondre Stromfjord airport in Greenland."

Photo meas. approx.: 8"x 10"

Photo is from a large lot of original period press photos! They are not from the Brown Bros. archive. Please see my other listings of original aviation press photos, including many Lindbergh photos. Always happy to combine shipping, just message me!

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