Dole Derby
Honolulu businessman James B. Dole put up a prize for the first plane to cross the Pacific in the Dole Derby, August 16-17, 1927. Only two planes finished the Derby--the Woolaroc piloted by Art Goebel and the Aloha, piloted by Martin Jensen. Several planes didn't get off the ground in Oakland, and several others were lost at sea enroute to Wheeler Field, Oahu.
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- Dole Derby pilots Art Goebel, left, and Martin Jensen, right, with Governor Wallace R. Farrington, at Wheeler Field, August 17, 1927.
- Dole Derby pilot Martin Jensen and navigator Paul Schluter finished second, August 17, 1927.
- Dole Derby organizer James B. Dole at Wheeler Field, August 17, 1927.
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- Dole Derby winners Art Goebel and William Davies after they landed at Wheeler Field, August 17, 1927.
- Lt. William Davies and Art Goebel, winners of the Dole Derby, with Maj. Gen. Edward Lewis and Governor Wallace R. Rider, August 17, 1927, Wheeler Field.
- Dole Derby organizer James B. Dole and Clarence Cook watching the landing of Art Goebel's plane at Wheeler Field, August 17, 1927.
