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- ↑ Edward H Phillips (July 2010). "The Staggerwing goes to war". King Air Magazine: 23.
- ↑ Wichita Eagle. 29 May 1929. p. 7.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Vintage and Historical Aircraft Wings over Kansas" . Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ Skyways. July 1999.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 4 December 1929. p. 21.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Wichita Pilot Killed in Crash". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 6 February 1930. p. 1.
- ↑ The Wichita Eagle. 16 April 1930. p. 10.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Birth of a Bonanza". Flying Magazine. September 1991.