40th Anniversary Celebration Album Showing Ryan Builders and Spirit Replica Flight (1967)

Commemorative album spread showing original Ryan builders in San Diego and the Spirit of St. Louis replica taking off in 1967. — 40th Anniversary Celebration Album Showing Ryan Builders and Spirit Replica Flight (1967) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A two-page commemorative album spread documenting the 40th anniversary of the transatlantic flight held in San Diego in May 1967. The left page features a historic group photograph of the surviving Ryan Airlines veterans at Lindbergh Field, captioned left to right: John van der Linde, Donald Hall, Harold von Thaden, T. Claude Ryan, and Carl Saffield. The right page captures the flying replica Spirit of St. Louis (Spirit II) taking off over San Diego during commemorative demonstration flights honoring the 1927 triumph.