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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Glenn Curtiss sold two hydroplanes (NS 1 & 2) to the U.S. Navy and continued to test them independently from their base also located on North Island. This ... |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant General Eaker at the Madison airport in front of a B-17 bomber. He is shown with State Representative K. Henry (R-Jefferson) and welcoming commi... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | The original crew of "Dave's Dream," the B-29 airplane which dropped the first atomic bomb on Bikini Island, in front of the plane at Truax Field during a ... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.C. Ferguson, pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt, and Dick Johnson standing in front of B-29 airplane, "Dave's Dream" at Truax Field. Major Swancutt, a Wi... |
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| Description: | A view of the airship, "Los Angeles," in Hangar No. One, at the Naval Air Station. The hangar was erected in 1920, and the airship was completed in 1924. |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of airship Hangar No. One at the Naval Air Station. The "Los Angeles," completed in 1924, is found on the right, and a J-3 blimp, fi... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Men observe an early airplane at Camp Bowie, established in 1917. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of men posing around a bomber, manufactured by Handley Page Limited, a company founded in 1909. Behind the bomber stand the military buildings of C... |
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| Description: | A view of man in an early twentieth century United States Army Airplane at Camp Vail, named in 1909. |
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| Description: | A view of early twentieth century United States Army airplanes on an air field at Camp Vail, named in 1909. One plane flies overhead, and a man is seen st... |
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| Description: | A view of a plane marked with the number 2900 taking off from Kelly Field, created in 1916. A water tower and the military buidings of Camp Travis are see... |
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| Description: | A rear view of a sea plane marked with the number 1700 landing in Hampton Roads Harbor. On the right, another plane can be seen in the water. |
| Date: | 03 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Police Officer Robert Ferris stands near a canopy that ripped loose from a Truax Field jet fighter and landed in the Rentschler Floral Company plat a block... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Airplane hanger constructed by Company B from the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps. One soldier is standing in front of the small building next door... |
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| Description: | A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter." |
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