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Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman Frank Phillips.
The "Oklahoma" was forced to return to land, while the "Woolaroc" completed the flight and won. Woolaroc was later modified late in 1928 for an unsuccessful transcontinental speed record attempt. National Air Transport and Royal Airways used the model 5000 in revenue service. Production of the first four airliners was in the West Douglas plant.
Gerald Nailor Sr. (or Toh Yah (Navajo: Tóyá); January 21, 1917 – August 13, 1952) was a Navajo Studio painter from Picurís, New Mexico. [2] Beginning in 1942, he was commissioned to paint the history of the Navajo people for a large mural at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
"Woolaroc" airplane, winner of the 1927 Dole Air Race, at the Woolaroc museum in Oklahoma. August 2, 2008. Photo courtesy of Tyler Thompson. The Travel Air 5000 was a Cessna design, ordered in small numbers for National Air Transport. Two were custom-built long-range endurance aircraft similar in concept to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis.
Aircraft poised to start the Dole Air Race from Oakland on August 16, 1927 Arthur C. Goebel, from Aero Digest, 1927. The Dole Air Race, also known as the Dole Derby, was an air race across the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, California, to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii held in August 1927 that resulted in several deaths.
On this flight, any errors in navigation would result in open ocean. Making the trip in a single engine aircraft named the "WOOLAROC", the two man crew was Arthur C. Goebel, pilot, and Davis, navigator. The two airmen won the contest, completing the trip in 26 hours and 17 minutes.
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The Tulsa metropolitan area, officially defined as the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area is a metropolis in northeastern Oklahoma centered around the city of Tulsa and encompassing Tulsa, Rogers, Wagoner, Osage, Creek, Okmulgee and Pawnee counties.