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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
| 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: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The hangar and three airplanes (a Canuck and a J-1 Standard) at the airport operated by the Larson Brothers of Larsen, Wisconsin. The field was both the mo... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The entrance to the Larson Brothers' flying field at Larsen in Winnebago County, about one year after the brothers laid out the runway. The field remained... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee p... |
| Date: | 08 01 1966 |
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| Description: | The Bill Adams company prepares to perform ground-to-plane transfer with a clipped-wing Piper Cub at Austin Straubel Airport. |
| Date: | 05 26 1932 |
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| Description: | At Royal Airport, a line of airplanes are parked in a row in a field. In the background is a hangar with automobiles parked nearby. |
| Date: | 05 30 1931 |
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| Description: | Official coroner's view of Travelair biplane crash at Madison Airport with buildings and cars in the background. Lawrence Fishnich, pilot, and two passenge... |
| Date: | 04 17 1928 |
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| Description: | Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Three people are standing in front of an automobile parked next to an airplane at Pennc... |
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| Description: | All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. Shows an elevated view of the "Derby Downs Hill with Grandstands and Finish Line. Famous Goodyear Zeppelin Dock... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | A B-29 bomber plane landing at North Field in Guam after its first fire raid on Tokyo. A tree is in the center foreground with three men sitting around it ... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Men working on a Marine Aircraft Group plane at Ulithi airport. One man is standing near the nose of the plan, looking inside. He is shirtless and wearing ... |
| Date: | 05 1961 |
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| Description: | The wide dirt expanse of the Luang Prabang airport runway, Laos. A man is walking across a runway, and a plane is on another runway near a wooden building ... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Small plane sitting on Keukacham airstrip, Laos. A green hill rises in the background and tents and ramshackle buildings are on either side of the strip. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Keukacham village, Laos including landing strip with helicopter. The small settlement is clearly visible contrasted against the verdant gree... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Two men use an International 270 pay scraper while completing construction work at Phan Rang, a South Vietnam air base. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View of a man flying an airplane low over the airfield. He is wearing goggles and waving at the photogarpher. In the background is a barn and trees. |
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