Keywords: Airplanes
Item 104010
Model airplane competition, ca. 1935
Do you know where this was taken?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Media: Glass Negative
Item 31644
Airplanes on Beach, Scarborough, 1921
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1921 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Parade, an Airplane and Two Weddings
Two couples, a parade from downtown Caribou to the airfield, and two airplane flights were the scene in 1930 when the couples each took off in a single-engine plane to tie the knot high over Aroostook County.
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.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography
"… War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"He was a master mechanic who built his own airplane, and he also worked for a Mr. Jones who owned an airplane hanger in Old Orchard Beach."
Story
Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25
How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
