Pilot Martin Jensen With Leo The Lion
by Bettmann
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Pilot Martin Jensen With Leo The Lion
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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Aviator Marten Jensen, second place winner in the 1927 Dole Trans-Pacific Air Race, pictured with the MGM studios lion, Leo. Marten planned to fly Leo from California to New York on a non-stop transcontinental flight in specially built Ryan plane, but Marten crash landed in a remote section of Arizona. Luckily Marten was unhurt and Leo was transported the rest of the way to New York by truck.
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May 18th, 2020
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