Keywords: north island northisland haase san diego sandiego us navy usnavy united states navy unitedstatesnavy usn aviation aircraft airplane biplane flying boat flyingboat seaplane loening aeronautical engineering loeningaeronauticalengineering loening loening ol loeningol ol loening ol-8 loeningol8 ol-8 ol8 loening ol-8a loeningol8a ol-8a ol8a pratt & whitney prattwhitney pratt & whitney r-1340 wasp prattwhitneyr1340wasp pratt & whitney r-1340 prattwhitneyr1340 pratt & whitney wasp prattwhitneywasp wasp radial waspradial r-1340 r1340 blackandwhite monochrome black and white A group photograph of all the chief petty officer assigned to the 1929 Alaskan Aerial Survey of 1929. The aircraft belhind is one of the four Loening OL-8A used in the survey. The chiefs respresnt radiomen, photogrpahers, aircraft mechanics and a paymaster. I thing JMF Haase is the fourth from the left in the front seated. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive A group photograph of all the chief petty officer assigned to the 1929 Alaskan Aerial Survey of 1929. The aircraft belhind is one of the four Loening OL-8A used in the survey. The chiefs respresnt radiomen, photogrpahers, aircraft mechanics and a paymaster. I thing JMF Haase is the fourth from the left in the front seated. JMF Haase collection via San Diego AeroSpace museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |