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This old print, probably from 1928 or 1929, shows the plane christened "On to Oregon" used in an attempt by the Rankin brothers to set a mid-air refueling endurance record. The plane was a Stinson "Detroiter" monoplane powered by a 300-horsepower Pratt &Whitney Wasp Jr. engine. One of the Rankin brothers was Dudley, my wife, Carol's grandfather on her father's side.
My photo was made off of a print in the archives of the Oregon Aviation Historical Society, who has perhaps the largest collection of Tex Rankin memorabilia anywhere in the country.