Rockford Airport, Rockford, Ill.
Aerial view looking down on the airport with cars in the parking lot and people on the grounds.
E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee.
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The "Greater Rockford" at Rockford Airport.
With Bert Hassell's plane, the Greater Rockford, on the field at Rockford Airport (later Machesney Field), it's unclear whether this was Hassell's first attempt to fly to Stockholm made on July 26, 1928 or the second attempt on August 16.
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Crowds around The "Greater Rockford".
This photograph represents another view of Bert Hassell's plane, the Greater Rockford, with crowds surrounding it on the field at Rockford Airport (later Machesney Field). It appears that someone is checking the airplane near the cockpit; it could be Hassell or his fellow pilot, Parker "Shorty" Cramer. For an additional view, see photo 2006.90.4bR.
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The "Greater Rockford".
A photograph displaying Bert Hassell's airplane, the "Greater Rockford," a specially modified model SM-1 Stinson-Detroiter Semi-Cantilever Monoplane, powered by a 200 horsepower Wright J-5 Whirlwind Engine. The cabin was large enough to seat six, but the extra seating was removed to make room for a cabin gas tank to raise the original fuel capacity to 700 gallons.
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The "Greater Rockford" on the Field by a Hangar.
A full view of Bert Hassell's airplane, the "Greater Rockford," on the field before a hangar. To the right there appears to be another photographer adjusting a camera on a tripod. This photograph is a reproduction. For an additional view, see photo 85.109(I).910f.
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Plane Wreckage Returned to Rockford.
On the flight to Stockholm, Bert Hassell's airplane, the "Greater Rockford," crashed on an ice cap in Greenland in August 1928 where it remained for forty years. Recovery efforts were made in 1968, and the airplane was returned to Rockford on June 17, 1969. This photograph shows the plane's wreckage with an assembly of observers below. Bert Hassell, in dark suit and hat, is seated in the center of the crowd.
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Wreckage of "Greater Rockford" Landing Gear at the Airport.
While a man videotapes workers handling the landing gear of the "Greater Rockford" wreckage, other cameramen snap pictures of the plane's pilot, Bert Hassell (seated in dark suit and hat), seeing his airplane for the first time in more than 40 years.
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