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Milwaukee Flying School
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An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption reads: "Student ready for a flight — Milwaukee School and College of Aviation."
1912
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Milwaukee's Flying Machine
1912
Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milwaukee No. 2 Pendulum System 120 H.P. Engine."
Curtiss Aviation School Students
March 7, 1912
Students of the Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island moving a plane into position for a lesson.
Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds
1912
John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for flight.
Kaminski as Aviation Instructor
1913
Hangar of the Ohio aviation school of Dr. Rudolph Silverston, formerly of Milwaukee, together with three planes: two Curtiss pushers and a Bleriot monoplane. Flying instructor John Kaminski is thou...
Fish Flying
1912
A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrounds in 1912.
Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds
1912
John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators and Farnum Fish in his Wright Flyer.
