Nick Mamer, Art Walker and the crew of the Spokane Sun-God - August 14, 1929

ID: 3296
This file appears in: Taking Flight: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition

From left to right: Neil O'Connell (hose man), Bob Wilson (pilot), Art Walker (mechanic), Nick Mamer (pilot), Verne Brookwalter (pilot), and Al Coppula (hose man).

Image L87-1.40116-29 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.

This file appears in: Taking Flight: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition

By The Spokane Historical team
In 1929, aviator Nick Mamer and mechanic Art Walker held the Spokane Sun-God aloft for five days and nights - America's first nonstop, round-trip transcontinental flight. Refueling in the air was the…