| JAMES DOOLITTLE: Jimmie Doolittle befriended the Angels in the 1920's. While narrating a trailer on Angel's 1937 tepui landing, Doolittle claimed to have Jimmie from the California airfields. (Wikipedia.com) |
| CHARLES LINDBERGH: Jimmie Angel provided flying lessons for Charles Lindbergh in 1924 at the California Airfields near Bakersfield. In exchange, Lindbergh, following directions from Jimmie's wife, balanced on the wings of Angels Curtiss JN4 Jenny biplane while Virginia negotiated the opposite wing. (Wikipedia.com) |
| AMELIA EARHART: Having described her as quiet, soft spoken and "very much a lady," Virginia Angel befriended Amelia Earhart and shared experiences with her from 1924 to 1927 in California. Virginia was visibly shaken upon hearing news of Ameila's disappearance. (Wikipedia.com) |
| TOP: EDMUND ALLENBY LEFT: T.E. LAWRENCE Angel flew for T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) and Prince Feisel under Allenby while on a detached mission during WWI (1918). He bombed Turkish rail lines near Hejaz. (FirsrtWorldWar.com; Wikipedia.com) |
| TOP: AL CAPONE RIGHT: AL JENNINGS LEFT: PANCHO VILLA IN 1927, a group representing Chicago mobster, Al Capone, joined Angel and Al Jennings in a search for Villas hidden loot in Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico. Capone's cronies included henchman, Jack Briggs, and lifetime outlaw, Tex Catlin. In a crazy procession of events, Catlin learned he, too, was on the hit list, and he later joined Angel and Jennings in a wild shootout in the Sierra Madres. |
| SHOOT OUT IN THE SIERRA MADRE 1927 FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS |
| HEROES OF AVIATION |
| THE EARLY YEARS AND WWI |
WELDON COOKE, 1914:
Introduced to aviation by famed aeronaut,
Weldon Cooke, in Oregon, 1914, Angel
thenceforth considered Cooke to be his
hero and kept of photo of the aviator for his
remaining life.
Introduced to aviation by famed aeronaut,
Weldon Cooke, in Oregon, 1914, Angel
thenceforth considered Cooke to be his
hero and kept of photo of the aviator for his
remaining life.
| LEFT: HOWARD HUGHES TOP: JEAN HARLOW RIGHT: WALLACE BEERY The two years in Hollywood for Virginia and Jimmie Angel may have been the most outrageous. Howard Hughes hired Jimmie as a stunt pilot in Hell's Angels. While filming, Angel met the Platinum Bombshell. Jean Harlow, who later seduced him and ended up under the covers with the two-timing pilot. Famed actor, Wallace Beery, also befriended the Angels during this escapade. (Wikipedia.com) |
| HELL'S ANGELS AND HOLLYWOOD 1927 TO 1930 |
| PROSTITUTES, WORLD TRAVELERS, AND THE HAPPY BOTTOM RIDING CLUB |
| LEFT: RICHARD HALLIBURTON RIGHT: FLORENCE "PANCHO" BARNES The Hollywood years further introduced the Angels to the World's Most Famous Traveler, Richard Halliburton, with whom they became dear friends, and the wild, sex-crazed Florence Pancho Barnes who began the infamous Happy Bottom Riding Club in California. (Wikipedia.com; Findagrave.com) |
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