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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A hydroplane built by the Wright Brothers being tested by the U.S. Navy on San Diego Bay. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in the cockpit of his airplane. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | The Fokker airplane in which Lt. Lester Maitland of Milwaukee and Lt. Albert Hegenberger made the first California to Hawaii trans-Pacific crossing. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a... |
| Date: | 04 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Infantry troops of the 8th Army preparing to board a Bell UH-1D helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company for transport to the front. |
| Date: | 02 1966 |
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| Description: | Arriving at a forward area, a U.S. Air Force CH-30 helicopter carrying a 105mm howitzer is directed in for a landing. The artillery piece, which was in a r... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot... |
| Date: | 11 08 1956 |
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| Description: | The first F-102 jet arrives at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se... |
| Date: | 06 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Civil Air Corps card, Escanaba chapter, issued to Meinhardt Raabe. |
| 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: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps standing in uniform beside a Curtis Jenny with British markings. Castle flew over 150 missions at t... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, in a helmet and goggles, poses next to another pilot in front of an airplane. |
| Date: | 03 28 1945 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Dickey Chapelle to Daniel Mich describing arrival by air to an unspecified location for a mission. |
| Date: | 08 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer... |
| Date: | 08 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer... |
| Date: | 08 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr... |
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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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