PARKS SCRAPBOOKS VOL.1 NO. 3 and VOL.1 NO 4

C. W. "Speed" Holman's Laird LCR-200, winner of the 1929 Gardner Cup

Vol. 1 No. 3

The Gardner Trophy Air Races
May 28-30, 1929

This documentcontains 43 pages of Scrapbook material and the original 3-part manuscriptcalled, “The Gardner Trophy Air Races”, written by Terry Bowden in 1994.  The first two parts of this work becamepublished in “American Aviation Historical Journal”, Fall/Winter 2007.

Vol. 1 No. 3

The 1929 Women’s Air Derby

Stop-over at Parks Airport

August 24,1929 was an interesting day at Parks Airport. On this day, female participants in the 1929 Transcontinental Women’sAir Derby landed for an overnight stop at Parks Airport.  This document contains 23 pages of related Scrapbookmaterial and a listing of the Air Derby Race Results, compiled by Terry Bowdenin 1990.  Much of the photos arepreviously published.  News clippings areincluded from Saint Louis area newspapers. The photo above from the Parks Airport register includes signatures ofmany ladies who participated.

 

© 2013 by Terry L. Bowden

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 Vol. 1  No. 3
Vol. 1 No. 4

PARKS SCRAPBOOK VOL.1 NO.2

Vol. 1 No. 2

The Sphere of the Air College

Parks Air Lines, Inc. and Affiliations

This segment of Parks scrapbook items includes more than 45 pages of photos and news articles detailing the earliest beginnings of Mr. Oliver L. Parks’ aviation endeavors. The plot unfolds as Oliver Parks began his career as airplane pilot and car salesman for Gravois Motor Company. You’ll be amazed to discover how quickly he established Parks Air Lines, Inc., which grew to include Parks Airfield, Parks Aircraft Company, Inc. and Parks Air College. Mr. Parks article, titled “The Sphere of the Air College”, published in March 1929 in Aero Digest magazine provides a fitting closure to this segment.

© 2011 by Terry L. Bowden

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BARNSTMR'S SCRAPBOOK ARCHIVES

In the pages that follow, you will find a hodge-podge collection of photos and information that I collected over the years, with the greatest of intentions, to someday publish some articles, books, or perhaps a few short stories about aviation history. Though a few of these records have not been published before, a majority of them have. Still, I collected this stuff anyway because it was fascinating to me. Perhaps there’s not much here of interest to others, but I have enjoyed finding and assembling these items into a semi-organized mess. I don't see a book happening any time soon. So, I hope you'll enjoy these scrapbooks in the mean time....Terry

Vol. 1 No. 1

The Complete Story of

Parks Aircraft, Inc.

This document contains more than 40 pages of Scrapbook material and the original 13-page manuscript called, “The Complete Story of Parks Aircraft, Inc.”, written by Terry Bowden. A polished 7-page version of this work became published in “Vintage Airplane Magazine”, December 1991.

© 2011 by Terry L. Bowden