Fuel Load Testing at Camp Kearny (1927)

An air-to-air photograph of the Spirit of St. Louis flying low over the flat, brush-covered terrain of the Camp Kearny parade grounds. — Fuel Load Testing at Camp Kearny (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A classic, highly licensable image preserved from the Donald A. Hall Estate Collection negatives. This 1927 photograph documents the critical fuel load testing of the Spirit of St. Louis at the Camp Kearny parade grounds (now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar), proving the aircraft could lift its massive transatlantic fuel weight.