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Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
Photograph

Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
Photograph

Air Race Winner

Date: 1947
Description: William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co...
Photograph

Sheboygan Airport and Flying Nun

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Description: The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, arriving at Sheboygan County Airport with two Franciscan sisters in a Cherokee C airplane. Sister Mary Aq...
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Flying Nun in a B-52

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Description: The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, O.S.F., in a B-52 simulator with Major Ralph M. Hanson. Sister Mary Aquinas was fulfilling her dream of f...
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International Harvester Pilot William R. Dotter

Date: 1948
Description: Pilot William R. Dotter and Co-Pilot Walter Daiber standing next to the "Harold F. McCormick", an International Harvester corporate airplane.
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Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
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Blue Angel Drill Team

Date: 1970
Description: "The famous Blue Angel Drill Team visits Milwaukee."

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