Pilot Tex Rankin and Portland Mayor Earl Riley, flying in an Ercoupe airplane over Portland and the Columbia River. Taken from another airplane, Mount Adams can be seen in the distance. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 28, 1946 (negative 2 of 6).

A dummy made of rope is leans out of an open door in the side of a small airplane. The airplane is parked on an open field, likely in Vancouver, Washington (negative 11 of 27).

People gather around a miniature airplane “Mars” at the Vancouver Kaiser Shipyard, celebrating the pledging of war bonds by shipyard employees. A man in a suit stands in front of the airplane holding a silver cloche-covered plate while an audience watches (negative 5 of 16).

Men and women stand around an airplane, which is parked on a grassy field. They are grouped towards the right side of the frame, where a man in a long coat and hat holds a box (negative 1 of 16). On sleeve: Pilot - Valery Chkalov (killed later in a test plane crash); Co-pilot - Georgy Bayduko; Navigator - Alexander Belyakov