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Manitowoc Airport Manager
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Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewheeling existence of a barnstormer to the more settled life of an airport manager.
circa 1930 -- 1939
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TravelAir Airplane
August 3, 1930
Mr. McDonald in TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie.
TravelAir Airplane
August 3, 1930
Mr. McDonald in TravelAir airplane at the Madison Airport, Coolidge Avenue between North Street and Kedzie.
Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop
May 26, 1932
The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and his airplane in a fire. Morey had establis...
Air Show Winner
May 6, 1934
Pilot Orland G. Corben accepts the winner's trophy at the Kroger Air Show in Madison from Kroger Manager D.V. McPeek. Also in the photograph is Tommy Haines. Corben, manager of the Madison Airport...
Reliability Race Winner
August 1928
John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel B. Ford Trophy and a new Chrysler automobile.
Schwister's Minnesota-Badger
1912
John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister is unidentified.
