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Aerial View of Pennco Airport

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Description: Aerial view of a crowd at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport), gathered for an aerial show. Biplanes possibly used for the show are on the airstrip. Automob...
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Truax Field Communication Station

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Three men working at the Civil Aeronautics Administration interstate communication station at Truax Field. From left to right are: Guy J. Blakely checking...
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Kissing Babies

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: At Mitchell Airport, Senator Alexander Wiley greets the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underborg of Waukesha with a kiss. Mrs. Wiley, holding a bouquet of ...
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Grandson Arriving by Airplane to Visit Grandparents

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Ricky Pollock of Arlington, Virginia, steps off the plane at the Madison airport for a visit with his grandparents, Charles and Anna Pollock.
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Luang Prabang Airport Runway

Date: 05 1961
Description: The wide dirt expanse of the Luang Prabang airport runway, Laos. A man is walking across a runway, and a plane is on another runway near a wooden building ...
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Refugees at Luang Prabang Airport, Laos

Date: 05 1961
Description: Three refugees posing for a picture in front of a corrugated structure for shade at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. Two soldiers stand in the background a...
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Check-in at the Airport

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Campaigns in Madison

Date: 09 21 1960
Description: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. waves good-bye as he boards an airplane after a 90 minute campaign visit to Madison.
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Fokker Universal

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Universal sitting on a runway. The airplane is powered with a Wright "Whirlwind" 220 hp engine. The pilot an...
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Hamilton H-47

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Description: Right side view of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The airplane is equipped with a 525 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine. The tail ...
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Hamilton Metalplane H-47

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Description: Three-quarter from left rear of the tail end of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The tail identifier reads: "134 E." The airplane i...
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Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian

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Description: Left side view of a Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1283."There are automobiles parked near buildings in the back...
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Sikorsky S-38

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Sikorsky S-38, an amphibious plane equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, sitting on a runway. Painted on...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 18 1957
Description: Helicopter pilot David Dorsey receives envious looks from some boys during the Armed Forces Day parade preparation at Truax Field.
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Zor Shrine Tour of Hawaii

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Shriner clowns Harley Moore, left, and Ray Wheeler waving goodbye to the Zor Shrine group leaving the Madison airport for a tour of Hawaii.
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EAA AirVenture

Date: 1984
Description: Aerial view of small aircraft parked on a grassy field at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in held at the Wittman Regional Airpor...
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Airplanes at EAA Fly-In

Date: 08 30 1981
Description: Airplanes lined up on the tarmac at Wittman Regional Airport during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in. Visitors are looking at ...
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Jet Fighter Pilot

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Description: A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter."
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractor Pulling Boeing Mail Airplane

Date: 07 05 1933
Description: Two workmen use a McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor to a pull Boeing U.S. mail and express airplane from a Municipal Airport hangar during the Amer...
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Northwest Airlines DC-3

Date: 1936
Description: Passengers boarding a Northwest Airlines DC-3 at Madison Municipal Airport. When this airplane was photographed for the WPA by Harold Hone, the DC-3, one o...

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