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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli... |
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| Description: | Howard Morey (left) was associated with most of the airports in Madison. Prior to World War II he managed Madison Municipal Airport and when the military t... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | An unidentified pilot seated in the cockpit of a Stinson sport airplane at Richland County Airport. He had flown there to attend the airport dedication. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr... |
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| Description: | Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central Airline's flight simulator which was designed to teach the airline's pilots how to fly with instruments. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The ceremony marking the first Wisconsin Central Airlines flight at Madison. Margaret "Mickey" Morey, the wife of Howard Morey, is about to cut the ribbon.... |
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| Description: | The staff of Hanifans' Flying School at Shullsburg where the enrollment during the 1950s was largely comprised of students on the G.I. Bill. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the air show at Tri-County Airport to celebrate the re-opening of the field under local management. Because of its location at the inters... |
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| Description: | The new passenger terminal at Truax Field, also known as Madison Municipal Airport. At the back is an outdoor observation deck and a view of the original W... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of river and town from a military airplane. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Baraboo Wisconsin Dells airport. |
| Date: | 06 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at E.H. Myrland's Farm's Sky Lodge at the bathing beauty contest at the dedication of a new swimming pool at the resort which opened... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A man stands on an airplane stair cart, holding a child in a snowsuit up to a man in the cockpit of an airplane. The child is holding a large envelope. Cap... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two men smile and shake hands outside an airplane. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955-1956. Lieut.-Gen. Lewis Hershey (left) former head of the draft, and ... |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman are in an airplane. One man is sitting and holding a baby. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Central Airlines. Pilot or other per... |
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