January 19, 1925. Loening amphibian plane. Maj. Henry Clagett, Gen. William Mitchell, Grover Loening at Bolling Field. View full size. National Photo Co.
Submitted by prcrstn8 on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 5:46pm.
A Time magazine article dated Feb 2, 1925, describes the plane leaving leaving the East River in Manhattan and arriving at Bolling Field two hours later for its first public appearance. Maj. Clagett (later Brig. Gen. Clagett) was commanding officer of the field at the time, Mitchell the assistant chief of the Air Service, and Loening of course built the thing.
