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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Lindbergh's Plane

Date: 1928
Description: The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison...
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Northwest Airways Special Delivery

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh...
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Lindbergh's Airplane

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh landing the Spirit of St. Louis, a Ryan NYP at Pennco Field (Royal Airport). This stop was one of only two appearances made in Wis...
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractor Pulling Boeing Mail Airplane

Date: 07 05 1933
Description: Two workmen use a McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor to a pull Boeing U.S. mail and express airplane from a Municipal Airport hangar during the Amer...
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TWA Airplane and Tractor

Date: 08 24 1937
Description: Worker moving Trans World Airlines DC-3 (DC-2?) airplane with an International industrial tractor outside the TWA hangar at Chicago's Municipal Airport (la...
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Royal Airport

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked ne...
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Madison Airport and Midwest Air Transport Airplanes

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: Midwest Air Transport planes in front of the hangar at the Madison Airport. Located northeast of the city near the Oscar Mayer plant, the field was someti...
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Madison Airport and Travel Air

Date: 10 23 1930
Description: Travelair plane returning to the Madison Airport from a Wisconsin v. Purdue football game. Here photographer Aldro Wasley is handing photographs of the gam...
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Midwest Air Transport Travelair Biplane

Date: 10 25 1930
Description: Pilot O.G. Corben preparing to take off with photographer Aldro Wasley and another passenger on their way to the Wisconsin-Purdue football game in Lafayett...
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Mitchell Airport Farewell

Date: 06 1963
Description: Children, adults, and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner on the tarmac at General Mitchell International Airport. The children, all first graders fro...
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International Gas Truck Refueling Airplane

Date: 08 10 1929
Description: Workers refueling an airplane from an International gas truck as a small crowd is looking on. The airplane was owned by Western Canada Airways. The truck w...
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Woman Waving from McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 01 11 1928
Description: Young woman in "country" or riding costume waving from the seat of a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor. The woman may be an actress and appears to be on...
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Worker Tows Aircraft with I-12 Tractor

Date: 09 01 1936
Description: Airport worker towing an American Airlines airplane with an International I-12 industrial tractor at the Newark airport.
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Air Mail Begins

Date: 11 22 1927
Description: Souvenir envelope mailed by John A. Lester on the flight that inaugurated air mail service between Madison and Minneapolis in 1927. Madison's first incomin...
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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Refueling a Tri-Motor

Date: 1936
Description: Refueling a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Because gasoline truck hoses did not have pumps, airplanes were refueled by filling 5-gallon cans and then lifting the...
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Tri City Airport

Date: 1928
Description: The Tri City Airport which served Wisconsin Rapids, Port Edwards, and Nekoosa, was organized in 1928 after the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company decided to pur...
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Middleton Airport and Morey Airplane Co.

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Description: Howard Morey (left) was associated with most of the airports in Madison. Prior to World War II he managed Madison Municipal Airport and when the military t...
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Lawson Airplane Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn...

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