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| Date: | 07 19 1931 |
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| Description: | The crowd at a free air show sponsored by the recently organized Waukesha Aviation Club in order to dedicate their new airport. In actuality, the club's ai... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A Standard plane on the golf course of the Waukesha Moor Baths Hotel surrounded by curious onlookers. This landing was representative of the problems encou... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist f... |
| Date: | 05 06 1934 |
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| Description: | 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 Hain... |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show. |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ... |
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| Description: | Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A traveling display about the NASA manned space program on exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport. Included in the exhibit is a model of a space capsule and a ... |
| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the air show held to mark the dedication of the airport in Waukesha, an event sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. Present to dedica... |
| Date: | 10 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Original caption from the Milwaukee Journal: "Manager Fred Haney, wearing an Indian headdress, reached out to shake the hand of a greeter at Gen. Mi... |
| Date: | 09 07 1948 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin football team shown boarding an airplane at Truax Field for a trip to Oakland, California, to play the University of California... |
| Date: | 10 20 1950 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin football team boards an airplane taking them to their game at Michigan, played the following day. |
| Date: | 08 1998 |
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| Description: | The British Concord makes an appearance at the EAA in Oshkosh. |
| Date: | 08 1998 |
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| Description: | The pilot of the British Concord at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) Air Show waves to the crowd. |
| Date: | 11 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Ed Diener, left, and Irwin Goodman, center, of the Madison Chamber of Commerce present the key to the city to Bob Waterfield, head coach of the Los Angeles... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Stunt flyer Earl Cherry performing at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture fly-in. |
| Date: | 08 30 1981 |
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| Description: | Airplanes lined up on the tarmac at Wittman Regional Airport during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in. Visitors are looking at ... |
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