Negative shows Augy Pedlar and Mildren Doran standing in front of their plane the "Miss Doran." The two are talking to one another and laughing as they pose for the photo. In the background is their plane with a mechanic working on the engine. This is one of the competitors in the Dole Race or Dole Derby which was an air race from Oakland to Hawaii from August 16-18, 1927. There were fifteen original entries but due to various accidents and mechanical problems only eight planes actually took off and only two ever reached Hawaii. The race was sponsored by James Dole of Dole Hawaiian Pineapple. John Augy Pedlar was the pilot of the "Miss Doran" plane. Midlred Doran, the planes namesake, was a passenger from Flint, Michigan. The navigator was Lt. Vilas Knope. The "Miss Doran" was a Buhl Airsedan, a biplane with red wings and nose, a white fuselage and blue tail. The plane was owned by William Maloska of Lincoln Petroleum Company. Mildred's father worked for Lincoln Petroleum. Pedlar was 24 and a long time stunt man, who had not been a pilot for very long. Mildred was 22 and a school teacher in Michigan. Knope was a replacement for the original navigator who was disqualified. The "Miss Doran" was the fifth plane to take off in the race on August 16, but the plane returned to the airstrip quickly with engine trouble. The spark plugs were changed and the engine checked. The plane, with Mildred aboard took off around 2o'clock. The "Miss Doran" went down at sea with no survivors. Many people presumed that Pedlar went into a graveyard spin that he could not pull out of and that he did not have the flying capabilities needed for the amount of instrument flying the pilots of the Dole Race needed.