Keywords: north island northisland haase san diego sandiego us navy usnavy aviation aircraft airplane biplane boeing company boeingcompany boeing boeing model 83 boeingmodel83 boeing 83 boeing83 prototype pratt & whitney prattwhitney pratt & whitney r-1340 wasp prattwhitneyr1340wasp pratt & whitney r-1340 prattwhitneyr1340 pratt & whitney wasp prattwhitneywasp wasp radial waspradial r-1340 r1340 r-1340-8 r13408 boeing xf4b boeingxf4b xf4b boeing xf4b-1 boeingxf4b1 xf4b-1 xf4b1 blackandwhite monochrome vehicle black and white Boeing Model 83 at North Island in company colors with US Navy pinted on it. circa 1928. As a result of successful test the Navy acquired 27 production models of the F4B-1 fighter. JMF Haase Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Boeing Model 83 at North Island in company colors with US Navy pinted on it. circa 1928. As a result of successful test the Navy acquired 27 production models of the F4B-1 fighter. JMF Haase Collection via San Diego Aero Space Museum This photo is from the J.M.F. (Joseph Malta F.) Haase collection, courtesy of the San Diego Aero Space Museum. J.M.F. “Bunny” Haase was a Navy Chief photographer who documented all the aviation activities from the early 1920 through the early 1930s at North Island that at the time encompassed the Army’s Rockwell Field and NAS San Diego. His large collection also covers civilian and Army aircraft as well. His air-to-air photographs are featured in many aviation reference books but usually under the credit line of US Navy. Chief Haase also participated in the second Alaskan Aerial Survey in 1929 and was responsible for the first US motion picture of the sun’s eclipse done in 1930 that was done from an aircraft. Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |