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Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions

Evelyn Sharp, a Nebraskan pilot, is pictured here with her Curtiss Robin OX-5.

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Marker Monday: Two B-24 Liberators Crash Near Milligan, 1943

 

Location:  Nebraska Highway 41, north of Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; 40.510226, -97.38521

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Ak-Sar-Ben Historical Marker

Marker Monday: Ak-Sar-Ben Field and the U.S. Air Mail

Ak-Sar-Ben Historical Marker

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Parking Garage, S 67th St, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

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Marker Monday: The Savidge Brothers, Aviation Pioneers

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299 S Spruce St, Ewing, Holt County, Nebraska View this marker's location 42.255635, -98.34392

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Real Nebraska Stories: Wings Over Nebraska

Wings Over Nebraska: Historic Aviation Photographs

 
Wings Over Nebraska by Vince Goeres is now available at Amazon Prime.

 

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Timeline Tuesday: Burwell, Nebraska, Flying Machines, 1912 and 1964

 Welcome to our weekly series, "Timeline Tuesday." Every Tuesday, we'll post a brief Nebraska history story. The late NSHS historian and Nebraska History Associate Editor Jim Potter authored these columns, which are also printed in newspapers around the state.

The Morrow airplane, probably about 1912. NSHS RG2929.PH0-6

 

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Omaha Proclaims Lindbergh Day to Welcome Aviation Hero

 Lindbergh and his plane in Omaha, August 30, 1927. NSHS RG3882.PH0-5-a

 

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A Birdman at the Fair

The star attraction of the 1911 Dawes County Fair in Chadron, held September 12-15, was the twice-daily exhibition flights by barnstormer Charles F. Walsh (1877-1912)

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1924 Airmail Pilot J. James Duffy

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