Prepared for a proposed flight from Tacoma, Washington, to Tokyo following the Pacific Rim by pilot Bob Wark and copilot Eddie Brown. 100 miles into the flight engine trouble forced it down at Lansdowne Field, Vancouver. A short hop to nearby Ladner Field resulted in the undercarriage being torn off, ending the whole venture. The aircraft is now preserved at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, Maine. Despite marked as a Fokker C.5 on the fin, it is a C.IVA. Photo from: Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Arts Society

This aircraft was flown by 'Colonel' Roscoe Turner with his lion cub, named Gilmore. Turner left Vancouver on the photo date to land in Mexico nine hours later. Vancouver's temporary airport then was Lansdowne Field in Richmond, on Lulu Island. Photo from: City of Vancouver Archives