Keywords: Air plane
Item 9545
Dow Air Force Base F-84s, Bangor, 1948
Contributed by: Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum Date: 1948-02-25 Media: Photographic print
Item 16747
Actress Marla English, Presque Isle Air Force Base, 1952
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1952 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946
"Roger and his P-51 plane has been talked about since that momentous day and now a model of this plane, upside down, hangs in a corner of a room in…"
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"… travel intently, William Howard Gannett flew his plane all over the world and even sent back international news to Guy's papers."
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham
It was great to be back in Maine.
