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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane flying over the Madison isthmus. Clearly visible are the Wisconsin State Capitol, the 1 West Wilson S... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Crowd greeting the "Spirit of St. Louis" when Charles Lindbergh flew to Madison on August 22, 1927. The crowd at Pennco Field (Royal Airport)was so large ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 14 1930 |
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| Description: | View from inside building towards a row of Midwest Air Transport airplanes on the tarmac at Madison Airport. |
| Date: | 10 25 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A giant and other circus performers, including Harry and Daisy Earles, posing in front of a Midwest Air Transport airplane while a crowd is watching from b... |
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| Description: | Lincoln Beachey is considered by many to be the greatest aviator of his era. He is pictured here about to take off in his Curtiss pusher, wearing his signa... |
| Date: | 07 04 1914 |
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| Description: | The wreck of John Kaminski's plane, where he had been scheduled to fly at the Fourth of July festivities. |
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| Description: | Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane. |
| Date: | 10 18 1955 |
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| Description: | A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renam... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Wright airplane flying over a grandstand in Indianapolis, with a second unidentified plane in the foreground. This exhibition at the recently-constructed... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered on the beach at Atlantic City to watch a Curtiss airplane being pushed on an inclined ramp leading to the boardwalk. |
| Date: | 10 14 1910 |
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| Description: | Claude Graham-White, winner of the Gordon Bennett Race and several other important races in 1910, flying a Farman plane over Washington, D.C. Graham-White ... |
| Date: | 07 1910 |
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| Description: | A Wright airplane on the beach. Walter Brookins, who piloted the plane to a new altitude record, is thought to be the man in the hat near the center. |
| Date: | 07 1910 |
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| Description: | Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit... |
| Date: | 07 1912 |
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| Description: | Glenn Curtiss flying over the ocean. The pontoons under each wing illustrate the beginnings of his development of amphibious aircraft. The famous Steel Pie... |
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| Description: | The airport at Kohler. On the ground (right) is "The Village of Kohler," the Mahoney-Ryan-Brougham owned by Walter Kohler, Sr., and Carl Kohler's Aeronica ... |
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