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Carl B. Allen, an alumnus of WVU, with "Sportsman Pilot" Cup won in 1930 at the Chicago Air Races.

1. Carl B. Allen

Carl B. Allen is in the first row, first on the right.

2. Air Reserve Class of 1929, Mitchel Field, N. Y.

Charles "Casey" Jones, Amelia Earhart, and Carl B. Allen at the National Air Races.

3. National Air Races

Carl B. Allen was an alumnus of WVU, an aviator, and a newspaper writer.

4. Carl B. Allen, Aviator

Carl B. Allen on the press flight inaugurating the trans-Pacific passenger service from San Francisco to Manila.

5. Carl B. Allen on Inaugural Trans-Pacific Passenger Service Flight

Carl B. Allen is second from the left. He joined the flight as a journalist to document the journey.

6. Passengers of Inaugural Trans-Pacific Service Welcomed at Hawaii

C. B. Allen is seated on the far left. He reported military and Veterans Administration news as a member of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald Tribune from 1946 until 1953. Major General William H. Tunner is conducting the briefing.

7. Carl B. Allen at Press Conference on National Defense, Washington, D. C.

Carl B. Allen at work during the inaugural trans-Pacific passenger flight of Pan American World Airways from San Francisco to Manila. At the time Allen worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune.

8. Carl B. Allen During Trans-Pacific Flight

Text on the back reads, "Ready to go aboard the Sikorsky 'Sky Pullman' Yorktown on a sight-seeing flight over New York City. Misses Jean Roy, Noel Pridgeon and Katherine McCoy with a World reporter "top off" the summer session at Columbia in a modern manner." C. B. Allen is pictured with the students.

9. Carl B. Allen with Students, New York, N. Y.

C. B. Allen and nine other reporters in the interior of the Sikorsky Aerial Pullman "Yorktown," piloted by Chas G. Collyer.  C. B. Allen is pictured in the rear, fifth from the left.

10. C. B. Allen with Other Reporters