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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Reg L. Robbins at WBAP. 1929. UTA Libraries Digital Gallery, https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/10021510. Accessed
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Special Collections Reference Information

Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-615 [Misc. Glass Plate Negatives]
Identifier: 10021510
Title: Reg L. Robbins at WBAP
Description: Reg Robbins, aviator and pilot of the "Fort Worth" and endurance flier, before the microphone of WBAP when he pressed the button illuminating the powerful beacon on Mount Franklin near El Paso. The beacon, installed by the Pasotex Petroleum Company to serve fliers, is one of the six largest in the world. This photo was taken after Robbins completed a world record for longest continuous flight ("Endurance Hop") along with co-pilot James Kelly in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date Created: 1929-05
Coverage: 1920s
Category: Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology, United States, World Events
Subject Term: World records, Air pilots
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Project Series: Emperor of West Texas – Digitizing the Amon G. Carter Papers

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