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Flying Family
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Family portrait, probably taken at Alexander Field in Wausau. Included are an unidentified aviator, his wife, his baby, and a Waco 10 aircraft. Goggles, which were necessary to protect pilots from the wind in open cockpits, are emblematic of early aviation.
1928
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau
August 13, 1928
An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, who was vacationing on the Brule that summer...
Morey's Flying Billboard
April 17, 1928
Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him. Painted below his cockpit are the words: ...
American Eagle Model A-101
circa 1920-1929
Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-101, a light 2/3-seat biplane, sitting in a field. There is a man sitting in the rear cockpit wearing an aviator cap and goggles. The tail identifier rea...
Standard Model Whirlwind WACO
circa 1920-1929
Aerial view of a WACO ASO (also known as J-5 Straightwing and Whirlwind Waco) in flight. Two men are sitting in the front open cockpit, and one man is sitting in the rear open cockpit. The airplane...
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...
American Eagle Model A-129
circa 1920-1929
Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-129, a three-seat open-cockpit sports/utility biplane, sitting on a runway. A man is sitting in the rear cockpit wearing an aviator cap and goggles. The ...
