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Madison's Royal Airport Office
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The U.S. airmail radio operator at Royal Airport in Madison. During the 1920s Madison had two airports: the Madison Airport (aka the North Street Airport) and Royal Airport, which was south of Monona and which was established by Howard Morey in 1926. Morey used the name Royal Airport as a result of a partnership with Royal Transit Co. to provide commuter air service between Madison and Chicago.
May 5, 1932
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Royal Airport
May 5, 1932
Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked near a hangar in the background.
Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop
May 26, 1932
The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and his airplane in a fire. Morey had establis...
Morey's Flying Billboard
April 17, 1928
Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him. Painted below his cockpit are the words: ...
Air Mail Begins
November 22, 1927
Souvenir envelope mailed by John A. Lester on the flight that inaugurated air mail service between Madison and Minneapolis in 1927. Madison's first incoming airmail consignment from Chicago and Mil...
Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar
August 16, 1932
Ruins of the Royal Airport hangar after a fire. Viewed from the road.
Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar
August 16, 1932
People looking at the ruins of the Royal Airport hangar and office after a fire. Viewed from the southwest.
