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Ira C. Eaker (left) and Muir Fairchild (right), Pan American Flight, 1927 – Vintage Wall Art

Ira C. Eaker (left) and Muir Fairchild (right), Pan American Flight, 1927, 1927 — historic photograph
Ira C. Eaker (left) and Muir Fairchild (right), Pan American Flight, 1927, 1927. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Ira C. Eaker (left) and Muir Fairchild (right), Pan American Flight, 1927, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Ira C. Eaker (left) and Muir Fairchild (right), Pan American Flight, 1927

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Army Air Corps pilots Ira Eaker, on the left, and Muir Fairchild, on the right, appear together in this 1927 photograph tied to the Pan American Flight. That goodwill tour, flown by Army aircraft through Central and South America from late 1926 into 1927, was meant to show neighboring nations what American aviation could do. Eaker later commanded American bombers over Europe in World War II, and Fairchild became vice chief of staff of the newly independent U.S. Air Force.

Created / published1927
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsIra Clarence Eaker Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Airplanes--1927.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,241 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157227

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