Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 7, 1947
Caption:
Graceful co-ordination rivaling the flight of a sea-gull is demonstrated by this light plane as it skims in for a perfect landing on the snow-blanketed field at the Ann Arbor city airport. The plane is one of several that have been equipped with ski landing-gear to familiarize flight students with special problems of winter flying. Ice-bound rivers and lakes furnish hundreds of new landing-fields during the long Michigan winter - but use of temporary facilities provided by the Weather Man requires a special technique on the part of the pilot. The plane is being flown by Everett Esch, former Willow Run test pilot and now the head of a local flying school.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
Caption:
AIRMEN AND WELCOMING OFFICIALS: When the squadron of army planes descended on the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon, local officials welcomed the officers. Shown above, grouped left to right in front of an army transport ship, are: Aldermen A. D. Moore, T. Luther Purdom, director of the University bureau of appointments, Maj. F. M. Showalter, Mayor Leigh J. Young, Maj. J. W. Schroder, Lt. Ray G. Stark, Sheriff John L. Osborn, Capt. Ward M. Estes, J. W. Meadows, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Earl H. Cress, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Col. J. L. Bachus and Police Chief Norman E. Cook.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
Caption:
FIGHTER'S SPEED THRILLS CROWD: The several thousand persons who jammed the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon were given a special treat when one of the army's fast Bell Airacobras flashed above the field at dazzling speed. The ship, shown above, has turned in a mark of 621 miles an hours.