Climbing into the Cockpit (1927)

An action shot of a flight cadet wearing a parachute harness, stepping up onto the wing to climb into the cockpit of a training biplane. — Climbing into the Cockpit (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A dynamic action shot from the Brooks Field flight line. Donald A. Hall Sr. frequently encouraged his peers to use his camera to capture these moments of cadets climbing into the cockpits, preserving the hands-on, everyday experience of 1920s military aviation.