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B-58 Flight Crew preparing for Bendix Trophy run

Description: The Convair B-58 flight crew make final preparations with another officer before a flight from Los Angeles to New York. This flight would win the 1962 Bendix Trophy: Lt. John T. Walton (defensive systems operator), Capt. Robert G. Sowers (pilot), and Capt. Robert McDonald (navigator). In this photo, the flight board behind the crew says, "Carswell Air Force Base," at the top.
Date: March 5, 1962
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bendix Trophy

Description: The Bendix Trophy on display: a figure of two flying men and a small plane. It was won 3-5-1962 by the Convair B-58 and its flight crew.
Date: March 5, 1962
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bendix Trophy Winners

Description: 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.
Date: March 5, 1962
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bendix Trophy Winners

Description: 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
Date: March 5, 1962
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bendix Trophy Winners

Description: 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.
Date: March 5, 1962
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

FLF Domestic Maid 45, Champion Heifer

Description: Photograph of FLF Domestic Maid 45, a champion Hereford heifer. Standing behind the cow, left to right, is R.L. Swearingen, Mr. Falk, Lee Leachman, Mr. Marks, and Darold Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong is wearing denims and a button-up shirt with glasses and is holding the bridle of the heifer. The other men are wearing suits and ties. Three are wearing hats and one is holding a banner that reads, "Champion Female, 1962 National Polled Hereford Show & Sale, American Polled Hereford Association". … more
Date: 1962
Creator: Glover, Wm. L.
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Grand Champion Steer at San Antonio Livestock Expo, 1962

Description: Photograph of three men in suits and ties standing behind a steer and two men in denim and button-up shirts holding the harnesses of two steers. All of the men are wearing boots and cowboy hats and one man is wearing glasses. The steer in the foreground has a banner on it's back that reads, "Grand Champion Steer of Show, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, San Antonio, Texas 1962". The group is standing in an indoor corral.
Date: 1962
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum
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