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1927 Press Photo Pilot Bennett Griffin First Ever to take off at Oakland Airport
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1927 Press Photo Pilot Bennett Griffin First Ever to take off at Oakland Airport

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The Oklahoma was indeed the very first plane to take off from Oakland Airport for the infamous Dole Air Race to Honolulu on August 16, 1927. Griffin was born in Mississippi in 1895, but was raised in Oklahoma arriving around 1900.

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