1929 photo of an Airplane w/ Miss America and Pilots. Help Indentify Plane / Pilots?

[vscience]

Today, I found a photograph under glass in a wood frame of Miss America, Miss Sarasota, Miss St Petersberg, Miss Clearwater etc and some unknown men possibly pilots. The photograph is signed and dated: Burgert Bros, 3/1929. Miss America must be from 1927 (Lois Delander) because it was the last Miss America until 1933.
There is a plane in the background and on the wing appears to be: R28 ? 5?
Can anyone identify the plane or any of the pilots? Thx

 

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[Mackaydon]

Pic may have been taken in 1930.
"Margaret Ekdahl and America's Healthiest Girl with pilot after arrival by plane, Clearwater, FL. July 3, 1930"
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/252834966551561540/?lp=true
Don........

 

[Mackaydon]

Margaret Ekdahl, R. B. Brossier, & Jerome A. Waterman of Maas Bros. in the pilot's seat
Don......

 

[Bramblefind]

Here's a newspaper article that matches what Don found - it is from the Tampa Tribune, July 3, 1930.

 

[vscience]

Why would the photo be clearly signed:
Burgert Bros, Tampa, 3/1929

 

[Bramblefind]

I think that might be an id number or something other than a date. If you look at other photos by that company there are numbers in the same spot which don't appear to be applicable to the date the photo was taken.

Here is a page about the company - there are a photos here with numbers if you scroll down -

https://www.tampapix.com/burgert.htm

Here's also a page about Margaret Ekdahl-

https://www.tampapix.com/ekdahl.htm

 

[nagant]

Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection | HCPLC

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

The aircraft is a 1930 Fleet Biplane.

Five cylinder two seater.

 

[A2coins]

Where do I buy a ticket to ride on that plane

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I can get you close (1929 New Standard D-25 . . . and the airshows are fun as well).

https://oldrhinebeck.org/biplane-rides/

 

[cudamark]

The man in the last photo looks a bit like Charles Lindbergh, but, I doubt he would have been at that event without being mentioned with a lot of fan fare. I've never seen photos of him in clothes like that either.

 

[A2coins]

the women included

 

[filmiracl]

Wow... And I thought only something like that can happen today... Miss America was Swedish?