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Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1929. In July of 1929, pilot Harold Bromley posed next to his bright orange Lockheed Vega monoplane, named "City of Tacoma". Bromley was planning a solo transcontinental flight from Tacoma to Tokyo, a distance of 4700 miles. His Tacoma financial backers hoped the flight would bring Tacoma the same kind of attention that Charles Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis" brought to that city. Bromley, however, never made it to Tokyo. His plane crashed on takeoff on July 28, 1929. Two subsequent planes crashed during test flights. A later attempt, in the opposite direction, from Tokyo to Tacoma also ended in failure.
Bromley, Harold; Airplanes--Tacoma--1920-1930; Aeronautics--Tacoma--1920-1930;