Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasureshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/FWHT/browse/?fq=str_location_county:Los+Angeles+County,+CA&fq=dc_language:nol&fq=untl_institution:LDMA2008-10-07T18:04:43-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic TreasuresBendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:43-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/small/"/></a></p><p>The press and spectators view the Bendix Trophy Winners as they greet a senior officer upon their arrive in Los Angeles, California after their trophy flight. L to R: Robert G. Sowers, Robert MacDonald, John T. Walton, and Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command, on podium.</p>Bendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40351/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40351/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40351/small/"/></a></p><p>The Bendix Trophy Winners greet a senior officer while standing front of the Bendix Trophy. R to L: Capt. Robert G. Sowers, Capt. Robert McDonald, Capt. John T. Walton, with Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command.</p>Bendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40352/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40352/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40352/small/"/></a></p><p>The press photographs of the Bendix Trophy Winners as they shake hands with a four star general. From L to R: Capt. Robert Gray Sowers, Capt. Robert MacDonald, Capt. John T. Walton and Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command</p>Edward J. Murray Climbing from Ejection Capsule.2008-10-07T18:03:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40368/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40368/"><img alt="Edward J. Murray Climbing from Ejection Capsule." title="Edward J. Murray Climbing from Ejection Capsule." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40368/small/"/></a></p><p>Edward J. Murray climbs from a capsule at Edwards Air Force Base after the first manned ejection test from a Convair B-58 on 2-28-1962.</p>General Thomas Power Greeting B-58 Crew2008-10-07T18:03:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40369/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40369/"><img alt="General Thomas Power Greeting B-58 Crew" title="General Thomas Power Greeting B-58 Crew" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40369/small/"/></a></p><p>General Thomas S. Powers greets the crew of Convair B-58 at the end of their Bendix Trophy Flight at Los Angeles, California, 3-5-1962.</p>Bendix Trophy Flight Arrival at Los Angeles2008-10-07T18:03:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40371/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40371/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Flight Arrival at Los Angeles" title="Bendix Trophy Flight Arrival at Los Angeles" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40371/small/"/></a></p><p>A crowd of press and spectators are gathered around the Bendix Trophy winning Convair B-58 plane and its crew as they are greeted by another officer upon their arrival at Los Angeles, California on 3-5-62.</p>