Ryan NYP Landing Rollout and Airfield Personnel at Dutch Flats (May 1927)

Airfield photograph of the Spirit of St. Louis landing rollout at Dutch Flats with a man running across the dirt field. — Ryan NYP Landing Rollout and Airfield Personnel at Dutch Flats (May 1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A flightline documentary photograph showing the Spirit of St. Louis rolling to a stop across the dirt runway at Dutch Flats following flight tests. On the right side of the frame, an airfield official or Ryan crew member in a suit and hat runs across the unpaved surface toward the monoplane. The image captures the tire tracks and dusty airfield expanse where initial trial hops and taxi calibrations were conducted.