wooster and davis flew a keystone "pathfinder" (n-x179) plane called "american legion". newsreel footage taken of the men and their plane are extant and record the duo's goings-on during that spring of 1927. while testing with a heavy load of gas on april 26, 1927 the "pathfinder" lost altitude and crashed on its nose in virginia, killing both men. the eventual victor of the orteig prize was charles lindbergh three weeks later.