Project Leadership: Charles Lindbergh, B.F. Mahoney, and Donald A. Hall Film Still (1927)

35mm film still of Charles Lindbergh, B.F. Mahoney, and Donald A. Hall standing beside the Spirit of St. Louis. — Project Leadership: Charles Lindbergh, B.F. Mahoney, and Donald A. Hall Film Still (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A 35mm documentary motion picture film still recording the principal leadership of the Ryan NYP project standing beside the fuselage of the Spirit of St. Louis at Dutch Flats, San Diego. Pictured from left to right: Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh in a dark suit, Ryan Airlines President B. F. Mahoney in a tweed three-piece suit and fedora, and Chief Engineer Donald A. Hall Sr. in a tailored dark suit with patterned tie, hands clasped behind his back. This image provides primary historical documentation of the three central figures responsible for creating the historic transatlantic aircraft.