Travel Air 5000 NX911, Oklaho,a. takes off from Oakland, 16 August 1927 Published on August 16, 2013 in 16 August 1927: The Dole Air RaceFull resolution (1600 × 1093) ← Previous Next → The first airplane to take off from Oakland for the Dole Air race was klahoma, a travel Air 5000, NX911. The crowd of spectators was estimated to number 50,000–100,000 people. (San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives.