Marker Monday: Ak-Sar-Ben Field and the U.S. Air Mail
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Parking Garage, S 67th St, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions
Evelyn Sharp, a Nebraskan pilot, is pictured here with her Curtiss Robin OX-5.
Marker Monday: The Savidge Brothers, Aviation Pioneers
Welcome to Marker Monday! Each Monday we will feature one of Nebraska’s hundreds of historical markers. If you’d like to see a specific marker featured, send an email to kylie.kinley@nebraska.gov.
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Real Nebraska Stories: Wings Over Nebraska
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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
Marker Monday: Two B-24 Liberators Crash Near Milligan, 1943
Welcome back to Marker Monday! Each Monday we will feature one of Nebraska's hundreds of historical markers. If you'd like to see a specific marker featured, send an email to jill.dolberg@nebraska.gov.
Omaha Proclaims Lindbergh Day to Welcome Aviation Hero
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A Birdman at the Fair
Charles F. Walsh and his plane at Chadron, September 13, 1911. NSHS RG3340.PH3-49
1924 Airmail Pilot J. James Duffy
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