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Ryan NYP Port Profile Stance and Dutch Flats Landscape (May 1927)

Archival left profile photograph of the Spirit of St. Louis on Dutch Flats with empennage markings and distant smoke.
Ryan NYP Port Profile Stance and Dutch Flats Landscape (May 1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

An archival flightline negative capturing the complete left side of the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis parked on the dirt apron at Dutch Flats. The view details the aircraft's clean aerodynamic lines, wide landing gear track, and balanced rudder stenciled with "N-X-211 / RYAN NYP". In the distance across the San Diego landscape, a prominent plume of industrial smoke rises over the hills, providing geographical and historical context for pre-flight testing.