ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59938
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| Date: | Thursday 14 July 1927 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Travel Air 5000 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Molokai, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oakland, CA |
| Honolulu, HI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The two flyers Ernest L. Smith and Emory R. Bronte were trying to win the $25,000 prize being offered by the pineapple magnate James Dole to the first to make a flight between the US and Honolulu.
Their Travel Air 5000 was named ' City of Oakland '.
After 26 hours and 36 minutes in the air they ran out of fuel and crash landed in a mesquite thicket on the island of Molokai.
They were disqualified from the Dole prize as they did not reach Honolulu.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2009 02:55 | angels one five | Added |
| 11-May-2009 13:11 | angels one five | Updated |
| 28-Dec-2011 01:30 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2017 08:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2021 10:40 | Cobar | Updated [Cn] |
| 09-Jun-2023 05:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Cn]] |
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