The Breese-Wilde 5 is a custom-built high-wing monoplane that was produced for and used in the Dole Air Derby of 1927.
Breese-Wilde Model 5
Pabco Pacific Flyer with Maj. Irving and family before the start of the Dole Air Race (1927)
Jensen (L) and Schluter (R), 1927
The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, California, to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii held in August 1927 that resulted in several deaths.
Aircraft poised to start the Dole Air Race from Oakland on August 16, 1927
City of Oakland after crash landing on Molokai
Mildred Doran and the Miss Doran
Covell & Waggener, Spirit of John Rodgers [crashed Aug 10, both killed]