The beginning and end of a fatal flight : take-off

Japanese captain Yoshinori Nagoya takes off in his Bellanca skyrocket as a test flight to cross the Pacific Ocean for a $25,000 prize offered by the Tokyo newspaper Hōchi Shinbun.

Publication date: 1932-04-10

Size: 13.2 x 17.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Subject(s):

• Airplanes--American--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940
• Bellanca Aircraft Corporation--Products--1930-1940
• Nagoya, Yoshinori
• Air pilots--Japanese--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940
• Bellanca Skyrocket (Airplane)

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (April 10, 1932), Picture Section/Part 1, p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)