Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in the cockpit of his airplane. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ... |
Date: | 08 1928 |
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Description: | John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ... |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | The first Sheboygan Airport operated by Anton Brotz, Sr. Parked in front of the hangar is a Curtiss "Jenny," as the World War I-era Curtiss JN models were ... |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | The second Sheboygan airport was built by owner Anton Brotz, Sr. after a fire destroyed his first hangar. Brotz is photographed here with his son, Anton, J... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. |
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: | |
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Description: | Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh... |
Date: | 1933 |
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Description: | An unidentified photograph thought to be of a National Aeronautics Association cross-country flight. The identified individuals are Steve Wittman of Oshkos... |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | Race winners John P. Wood and Archie Towell, both of Wausau, during the National Air Reliability Tour's stop in Wausau. |
Date: | 1949 |
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Description: | Sylvester J. Wittman of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, one of the all time great racing pilots and race plane builders, with Bonzo II. During his career Steve Wittman... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist f... |
Date: | 1947 |
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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... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ... |
Date: | 07 14 1938 |
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Description: | Minutes after finishing their record-breaking flight around the world (in 7 hours and 28 minutes), Howard Hughes and the four aviators who flew with him we... |
Date: | 09 1925 |
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Description: | Harry Bruno (second from the left), publicist for airplane builder Anthony Fokker, during the first Ford Air Reliability tour with Paul Smith, Bryce Goldsb... |
Date: | 1934 |
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Description: | Howard Hughes, looking every inch the millionaire playboy, with his U.S. Army Boeing pursuit plane. Hughes had rebuilt the plane in order to increase its s... |
Date: | 09 1936 |
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Description: | Beryl Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, waves to the crowd as she arrives at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. She had just completed the first solo east... |
Date: | 07 29 1933 |
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Description: | A group of circus performers pose outdoors with a Corben airplane. The tall Man is Jack Earle, and one of the little people is probably Lia Graf. |
Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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Description: | RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br... |
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