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| Keywords: vf-1 vf1 aviation aircraft airplane biplane military aviation militaryaviation naval aviation navalaviation united states navy unitedstatesnavy us navy usnavy usn boeing boeing fb boeingfb fb boeing fb-5 hawk boeingfb5hawk boeing fb-5 boeingfb5 fb-5 fb5 packard motors packardmotors packard packard 2a-1500 packard2a1500 2a-1500 2a1500 vf-1b vf1b blackandwhite monochrome black and white Fighting squadron Six (VF-1B) Boeing FB-5 #1-F-8 (A-71--) flight. VF-1B was redisignated from VF-1 in January 1927 for Aircraft Squadrons Battle Fleet. VF-1B was the Top Hat squadron with red painted tail. Assigned to USS Langley (CV-1) at the time. VF-1B replaced the FB-5s with Boeing F2Bs in 1928. JMF Haase via San Diego Aero Space Museum From the Haase Collection JMF Haase Collection This selection of beautiful photographs of early Navy aircraft 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. Fighting squadron Six (VF-1B) Boeing FB-5 #1-F-8 (A-71--) flight. VF-1B was redisignated from VF-1 in January 1927 for Aircraft Squadrons Battle Fleet. VF-1B was the Top Hat squadron with red painted tail. Assigned to USS Langley (CV-1) at the time. VF-1B replaced the FB-5s with Boeing F2Bs in 1928. JMF Haase via San Diego Aero Space Museum From the Haase Collection JMF Haase Collection This selection of beautiful photographs of early Navy aircraft 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. | ||||
