Original caption: 4/22/1931-Washington, DC- Aviation history was made today when James G. Ray, noted airman and Vice President of the Pitcairn Cierva Autogiro Company, landed one of the odd windmill craft on the South Grounds of the White House and, after receiving the congratulations of the President, took off again from the same cramped space. Photo shows the plane leaving the White House grounds. Note the acute angle at which it is climbing.
