We took off from the Detroit City Airport and when we crossed the Detroit river the pilot decided to land at the solvay Coal Company docks and fuel up for the opening of the airline the next day.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
The solvay Coal Company was the only place in Detroit where diesel fuel was obtainable at the time and all of the diesel powered yachts got fuel there.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
22 solvay Steel Castings Co.
"Negro Migration during the War"
Emmett J. Scott