Place: Kalamazoo; Michigan / Topic: Western Michigan Flying Service and Airplanes--Maintenance and repair - Michigan Digital Library Portal - Michigan Memories Search Results

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1. Air scouts and pilots examining airplane

Notes:: Four scouts in uniform and two pilots in flight jackets studying at the wing of a Fairchild PT-19 plane. View into the Western Michigan Flying Service hangar.
Date Created:: 1945-11-22T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:: 8 photos in event - 2458

2. Air scouts assembling an aircraft with instructors

Notes:: Scouts working on the frame of a plane at the Kalamazoo Municipal Airport. Western Michigan Flying Service hangar is visible in the background.
Date Created:: 1945-11-22T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:: 8 photos in event - 2458

3. Western Michigan Flying Service, three mechanics working on airplane engine and propeller

Notes:: Three mechanics from Western Michigan Flying Service training school repairing the Franklin engine of a Piper J-3 plane. From left to right: Gordon Boyer, Allen Case, and Ray Bacus.
Date Created:: 1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:: 2 photos in event - 1375

4. Kalamazoo Municipal Airport and surrounding area, aerial view

Notes:: Aerial photo of the Kalamazoo airport facing the northeast from the intersection of Portage Rd. and Milham Rd. in Portage Township and the surrounding residential area.
Date Created:: 1943-10-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:: 3 photos in event - 1382

5. Western Michigan Flying Service, four mechanics working on plane inside hangar

Notes:: Mechanics from Western Michigan Flying Service training school fixing a Piper J-3 airplane within a hangar. Roger Linders is at the wheel, and Herb Ellinger leans into the cockpit. Other men are unknown.
Date Created:: 1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries
Collection:: 2 photos in event - 1375